Overlying

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

overlying
    adj 1: placed on or over something else; "an overlying image"
           [syn: {overlying}, {superimposed}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Overlying \O`ver*ly"ing\, a.
   Lying over or upon something; as, overlying rocks.
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