OVERLIE
overlie, overlay
(verb) kill by lying on; “The sow overlay her piglets”
overlie
(verb) lie upon; lie on top of; “the granite overlies the older rocks”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
overlie (third-person singular simple present overlies, present participle overlying, simple past overlay, past participle overlain)
To lie over or upon
(transitive) To suffocate by lying upon
Anagrams
• lie over, relievo
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*lie", v. t. [imp. Overlay; p. p. Overlain; p. pr. & vb. n.
Overlying.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition