Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sleeper"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sleeper \Sleep"er\, n.
1. One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy
person.

2. That which lies dormant, as a law. [Obs.] --Bacon.

3. A sleeping car. [Colloq. U.S.]

4. (Zo["o]l.) An animal that hibernates, as the bear.

5. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A large fresh-water gobioid fish ({Eleotris
dormatrix}).
(b) A nurse shark. See under {Nurse}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sleeper \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tetard \Te*tard"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A gobioid fish ({Eleotris gyrinus}) of the Southern United
States; -- called also {sleeper}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

sleeper
n 1: a rester who is sleeping [syn: {slumberer}]
2: a spy planted in advance for future use but not presently
active
3: an unexpected achiever of success
4: one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway
track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" [syn: {tie},
{railroad tie}, {crosstie}]
5: a passenger car that has berths for sleeping [syn: {sleeping
car}, {wagon-lit}]
6: tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the
bottom in shallow water [syn: {sleeper goby}]


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