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Webster 1913 Edition


Sleeping

Sleep′ing

,
Adj.
&
Noun.
from
Sleep
.
Sleeping car
,
a railway car or carrriage, arranged with apartments and berths for sleeping.
–
Sleeping partner
(Com.)
,
a dormant partner. See under
Dormant
.
–
Sleeping table
(Mining)
,
a stationary inclined platform on which pulverized ore is washed; a kind of buddle.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sleeping

SLEE'PING

,
ppr.
Resting; reposing in sleep.

SLEE'PING

,
Noun.
The state of resting in sleep.