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overlier

overlier noun: a piece that overlies or overlaps.

Noun

overlier (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

Forms of overlier

pluraloverliers

Questions about overlier

What does overlier mean?
Overlier means a piece that overlies or overlaps.
What part of speech is overlier?
Overlier is a noun.
What is the plural of overlier?
The plural of overlier is overliers.

Words near overlier in the dictionary

  1. overlick
  2. overlicked
  3. overlicking
  4. overlicks
  5. overlie
  6. overlier
  7. overliers
  8. overlies
  9. overlight
  10. overlighted
  11. overlighten

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