Interlie

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To lie between. transitive

    "At Dhunpoore a bed of highly siliceous limestone interlies the calcareo-siliceous slate formation nearly horizontally."

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"At Dhunpoore a bed of highly siliceous limestone interlies the calcareo-siliceous slate formation nearly horizontally."

Etymology

From inter- + lie.

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