superincumbent

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This was effected by cutting away the superincumbent stones at an angle of about 45� with the horizon.

From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by Stephens, John L.

No water can percolate athwart it, and consequently where it is, there the superincumbent soil is resolved into a quagmire.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

As the meal progressed, the superincumbent earth weighed less heavily on their souls.

From Froth by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

Elsewhere he accounts for the diminished pressure on the top of a mountain by the diminished weight of the superincumbent column of air.

From Heroes of Science: Physicists by Garnett, William

Much of the superincumbent earth and stone had fallen, dislodged by the vibrations caused by the picks of the men smashing up the chalk blocks, and the passage was completely choked.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)