subjacent

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Perchance in meads The anchor oft is thrown, and oft the keel Tears the subjacent vine-tree.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

Their descendants gain the subjacent zone, and so the process goes on.

From The Industries of Animals by Houssay, Frédéric

Soon the swellings on the mucosa become eroded and are gradually destroyed, forming large unhealthy, chancrous-looking ulcers, tending to become confluent and to eat deeply through the mucosa into the subjacent tissues.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The subjacent rocks consist of alternations of black slate, limestone, and serpentine.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

The central cavity, or valley, exposes to view the subjacent formation c, fig.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir