interlie

interlie

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ lie

Verb

interlie (third-person singular simple present interlies, present participle interlying, simple past interlay, past participle interlain)

1. (transitive) To lie between.
   • 1856, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (page 137)

     At Dhunpoore a bed of highly siliceous limestone interlies the calcareo-siliceous slate formation nearly horizontally.