subjacent
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In 1793 they were found in the subjacent Carboniferous system; in 1828 in the Devonian; in 1840 in the Upper Silurian.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Herbert Spencer
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 J. J. Howard
Of these, the strata, near and under Paris, lying in a hollow of the subjacent strata, and hence termed the Paris Basin, attracted prominent notice in the first place.
From The Plurality of Worlds by Edward Hitchcock
In from twenty-four to forty-eight hours a quantity of the germinating threads had bored through the walls and penetrated amongst the subjacent cells.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
It was not formed by the disintegration of the subjacent rocks, but by aqueous transport.
From Cornwall by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
