5. (Zoöl.) (a) A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix).
(b) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.
Sleep"er, n. [Cf. Norw. sleip a sleeper (a timber), as adj., slippery,
smooth. See Slape.] Something lying in a reclining posture or position.
Specifically: --
(a) One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level
of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady
framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a
stringpiece.
(b) One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon
the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story. [U.S.]
(c) (Naut.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after
timbers on the ship's quarter.
(d) (Naut.) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
Sleep"ful (?), a. Strongly inclined to sleep; very sleepy. --
Sleep"ful*ness, n.
Sleep"i*ly (?), adv. In a sleepy manner; drowsily.
Sleep"i*ness, n. The quality or state of being sleepy.
Sleep"ing, a. & n. from Sleep.
Sleeping car, a railway car or carrriage, arranged with apartments and
berths for sleeping. -- Sleeping partner (Com.), a dormant partner. See
under Dormant. -- Sleeping table (Mining), a stationary inclined
platform on which pulverized ore is washed; a kind of buddle.
Sleep"ish (?), a. Disposed to sleep; sleepy; drowsy.
Your sleepish, and more than sleepish, security.
Ford.
Sleep"less, a. 1. Having no sleep; wakeful.
2. Having no rest; perpetually agitated. "Biscay's sleepless bay."
Byron.
-- Sleep"less*ly, adv. -- Sleep"less*ness, n.
Sleep"mark`en (?), n. (Zoöl.) See 1st Hag, 4.
Sleep"wak`er (?), n. On in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep.
Sleep"wak`ing, n. The state of one mesmerized, or in a partial and
morbid sleep.
Sleep"walk`er (?), n. One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.
Sleep"walk`ing, n. Walking in one's sleep.
Sleep"y (?), a. [Compar. Sleepier (?); superl. Sleepiest.] [AS.
sl&?;pig. See Sleep, n.] 1. Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep.
Shak.
She waked her sleepy crew.
Dryden.
2. Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy
drink or potion. Chaucer.