the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Sleeper
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story.
(2):
(n.) Something lying in a reclining posture or position.
(3):
(n.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.
(4):
(n.) An animal that hibernates, as the bear.
(5):
(n.) One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.
(6):
(n.) That which lies dormant, as a law.
(7):
(n.) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
(8):
(n.) A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix).
(9):
(n.) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.
(10):
(n.) 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.
(11):
(n.) A sleeping car.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sleeper'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/sleeper.html. 1828.
