Overlie \O`ver*lie"\, v. t. [imp. {Overlay}; p. p. {Overlain};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Overlying}.]
To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying
upon; as, to overlie an infant. --Quain.
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A woman by negligence overlieth her child in her
sleeping. --Chaucer.
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