overlier

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noun

A piece that overlies or overlaps.

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Meanings

nounoverlier (plural overliers)

plural overliers

  1. A piece that overlies or overlaps.

    But because this is oftentimes dangerous, and much hurt hath been received thereby through casualty of fire, I advise the sticking four stakes into the earth, at least five feet above the ground, and laying over them small overliers of wood and open flakes or hurdles […]

    1804, Robert Wissett, On the Cultivation and Preparation of Hemp
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APA

overlier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlier

MLA

“overlier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlier. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overlier,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlier.

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