superincumbent

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Where water penetrated through the crust, solidification took place in the underlying fluid mass, which enlarging in consequence produced rifts in the superincumbent rocks.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various

A greater superincumbent mass, required shorter and thicker columns; a less superincumbent mass, longer and slender ones.

From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Walker, Alexander

The whole city is built on piles, which sometimes sink into the mud, causing the superincumbent structures to incline forward like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

From From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)

Discharging Arch Discharging Arch, an arch formed in the substance of a wall to relieve the part which is below it from the superincumbent weight.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 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)