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Definition of Overlain

Overlain
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. A woman by negligence overlieth her child in her sleeping. --Chaucer.

Meaning of Overlain from wikipedia

- section of Kittatinny Mountain. This cross-section shows metamorphic rocks, overlain by younger sediments deposited after the metamorphic event. These rock...
- miles) silicate mantle is overlain by a volcanic crust, Ganymede's ~1,315 kilometers (817 miles) thick silicate mantle is overlain by ~835 kilometers (519...
- (36 ft) at base Cir****ference 35 m (115 ft) at base Technical details Material red brick overlain with rubble stone Floor count 7 Known for unusual shape...
- period, 4.55 to 3.92 billion years ago. The eroded outer wall of Hommel is overlain and incised by a number of smaller but still sizeable craters. Hommel C...
- Nasireddin lie to the west. Faraday has overlain and damaged the western rim, and this crater in turn has been overlain by several smaller craters. The rim...
- younger calderas. Oblique view of Olympus Mons, from a Viking image mosaic overlain on MOLA altimetry data, showing the volcano's asymmetry. The view is from...
- Deslandres. The eastern part of the crater is overlain by the smaller crater Huggins, which is overlain in turn on its eastern rim by the still smaller...
- underlain mostly by dense mafic oceanic crust made up of basalt and gabbro and overlain by fine clay, silt and siliceous ooze on the abyssal plain. The continental...
- a brecciated lens of granite fragments and particles of impact gl****, overlain by shales, limestones and granite-derived sandstones of lower Cretaceous...
- seven traditional continents. The continent includes a continental shelf overlain by shallow seas which divide it into several landm****es—the Arafura Sea...