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Sleeper
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SLEE'PER, n.
1. A person that sleeps also, a drone or lazy person.
2. That which lies dormant, as a law not executed. Not in use.
3. AN animal that lies dormant in winter, as the bear, the marmot, & 100
4. In building, the oblique rafter that lies in a gutter,
5. In New England, a floor timber.
6. In ship-building, a thick piece of timber placed longitudinally in a ship's hold, opposite the several scarfs of the timbers, for strengthening the bows and stern-frame, particularly in the Greenland ships or a piece of long compass-timber fayed and bolted diagonally upon the transoms.
7. In the glass trade, a large iron bar crossing the smaller ones, hindering the passage of coals, but leaving room for the ashes.
8. A platform.
9. A fish. exocatus.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Sleeper'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/sleeper.html.
Entry for 'Sleeper'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/sleeper.html.
