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overliers

overliers is the plural of overlier.

Meaning of overlier

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

Questions about overliers

What is overliers the plural of?
Overliers is the plural of overlier.

Words near overliers in the dictionary

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

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