Superlie

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To lie above. dated, transitive

    "[…] the soil of the river into which they have been sent, and which they enclose, is dredged or rather scooped out until the hard gravel which superlies the clay is reached […]"

Example

More examples

"[…] the soil of the river into which they have been sent, and which they enclose, is dredged or rather scooped out until the hard gravel which superlies the clay is reached […]"

Etymology

From super- + lie.

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