superincumbent
Example Sentences
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A considerable growth of trees had sprung from the soil collected above them, the roots of some having penetrated completely through the superincumbent shells to the earth beneath.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams
As the meal progressed, the superincumbent earth weighed less heavily on their souls.
From Froth by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
The material of the bank being loosened by blasting and the cutting action of the water, crumbles into holes, and the superincumbent mass, often with large trees and stones, falls into the lower ground.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
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)
It was buried up in a mass of superincumbent ruins, and was only brought to light in the course of my laborious excavations.
From Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico by Norman, B. M.
