Definitions for: Overlie

[v] kill by lying on; "The sow overlay her piglets"
[v] lie upon; lie on top of; "the granite overlies the older rocks"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: overlay

See Also: kill, lie