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

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

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.) One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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