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overlier
(ˈəʊvəˈlaɪə(r) (stress var.))
[Agent.-n. from overlie v., or lie over: see lie v.1 and -er1.]
†1. One who lies upon or encumbers; applied to beggars who exacted lodging at farmhouses.
1449Sc. Acts Jas. II, c. 9 (1814) II. 36/1 For þe away putting of sornaris ouerlyaris & masterful beggaris.
2. That which lies over or upon something else.
b. spec. A horizontal timber in a scaffolding; = ledger n. 2, ligger n. 2. (Cf. overligger.)
1614MSS. at Stratford-on-Avon (N.), Item, x. peces of woode callyd overleers, xx.d. 1620Markham Farew. Husb. (1625) 91 Then shall you take strong ouerlyers of Wood, and lay them foure-square from one board to another. 1868G. Stephens Runic Mon. I. 255, 3 flat stones, the two standing as sides while the third was an overlier. |