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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

- 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...
- 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...
- section of Kittatinny Mountain. This cross-section shows metamorphic rocks, overlain by younger sediments deposited after the metamorphic event. These rock...
- 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...
- 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...
- a brecciated lens of granite fragments and particles of impact gl****, overlain by shales, limestones and granite-derived sandstones of lower Cretaceous...
- been partly overlain by ejecta, producing a rounded, lumpy surface. Still the surviving outer rim remains distinct, and is not overlain by any other...
- Rico is composed of Cretaceous to Eocene volcanic and plutonic rocks, overlain by younger Oligocene and more recent carbonates and other sedimentary rocks...
- gneisses, and other crystalline rocks, formed during the Proterozoic. This is overlain by a sedimentary cover of Paleozoic rocks, including limestones and sandstones...
- Some formations are more than 2 billion years old. Some rock units are overlain by marine carbonate, lacustrine and continental sedimentary rocks, and...