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Chair :: Chair (n.) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix).

Sleeper :: Sleeper (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..

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) An animal that hibernates, as the bear..

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person..

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks..

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story..

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A sleeping car.

Stringer :: Stringer (n.) A longitudinal sleeper.

Cross-tie :: Cross-tie (n.) A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place..

Supersubstantial :: Superstructure (n.) The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed..

Longitudinal :: Longitudinal (n.) A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) That which lies dormant, as a law..

Tetard :: Tetard (n.) A gobioid fish (Eleotris gyrinus) of the Southern United States; -- called also sleeper.

Slumberer :: Slumberer (n.) One who slumbers; a sleeper.

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) Something lying in a reclining posture or position.

Grillage :: Grillage (n.) A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation in marshy or treacherous soil.

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