interlie

English

Etymology

From 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.
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