Definition of sleeper

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

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Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks..
Tetard :: Tetard (n.) A gobioid fish (Eleotris gyrinus) of the Southern United States; -- called also sleeper.
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.
Stringer :: Stringer (n.) A longitudinal sleeper.
Longitudinal :: Longitudinal (n.) A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.
Slumberer :: Slumberer (n.) One who slumbers; a sleeper.
Grillage :: Grillage (n.) A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation in marshy or treacherous soil.
Supersubstantial :: Superstructure (n.) The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed..
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) That which lies dormant, as a law..
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix).
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person..
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A sleeping car.
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.) An animal that hibernates, as the bear..
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..
Cross-tie :: Cross-tie (n.) A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place..
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) Something lying in a reclining posture or position.
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.
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