superincumbent

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The internal pilasters, which form an architrave for the northern window, spring from grotesque heads, elaborately carved, and which appear as if pressed down by the superincumbent weight.

From Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History by Anonymous

But grasping is not so easy; or rather it is not so easy to pull a fish up through two feet of superincumbent water which opposes the quick passage of the arm.

From The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Jefferies, Richard

Occasionally, when the whale blows just as it is rising out of or sinking in the sea, a little of the superincumbent water may be forced upwards by the column of breath.

From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Lee, H. W. (Henry William)

The Ionic expresses increased lightness, by the interposition of its volute, as if the superincumbent weight had but gently pressed a soft solid into a scroll.

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

Because they are obliged to grow under the whole superincumbent weight of society, he must not be severe if they attain but a partial growth.

From A New Atmosphere by Hamilton, Gail