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To overstrain. Bacon.

A stratum, or layer, above another.

another structure; to erect upon a foundation. This is the only proper basis on which to superstruct first innocency and then virtue. Dr. H. More.

The act of superstructing, or building upon.

Built or erected on something else. Hammond.

One who builds a superstructure. [R.] R. North.

above the basement. Also used figuratively. You have added to your natural endowments the superstructure of study. Dryden.

More than substantial; spiritual. "The heavenly supersubstantial bread." Jer. Taylor.

To subtle. Shak.

An acid sulphate. [Obs.]

Supersulphurized. [Obs.] [Written also -sulphuretted.]

To impregnate or combine with an excess of sulphur.

A tax in addition to the usual or normal tax; specif., in the United Kingdom, an income tax of sixpence for every pound in addition to the normal income tax of one shilling and twopence for every pound, imposed, by the Finance Act of 1909-1910 (c. 8, ss 66, 72), on the amount by which the income of any person exceeds…

That which is more than temporal; that which is eternal. [R.]

Being above ground. "Superterranean quarries." Mrs. Trollope.

Being above ground, or above the earth. [R.]

Being above the earth, or above what belongs to the earth. Buckminster.

The note next above the keynote; the second of the scale. Busby.

Tragical to excess.

The production of young tubers, as potatoes, from the old while still growing.