From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Overlie \O'ver*lie"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. {Overlay}; p. p. {Overlain}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overlying}.] To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying upon; as, to overlie an infant. --Quain.
A woman by negligence overlieth her child in her sleeping. --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: lie upon; lie on top of; "the granite overlies the older rocks"
2: kill by lying on; "The sow overlay her piglets" [syn: {overlay}] [also: {overlying}, {overlay}, {overlain}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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