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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.) A sleeping car.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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