Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: SLEEP-ING – SLEN'DER
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SLEEP-ING, ppr.
Resting; reposing in sleep.
SLEEP-LESS, a.
- Having no sleep; without sleep; wakeful.
- Having no rest; perpetually agitated; as, Biscay's sleepless bay. – Byron.
SLEEP-LESS-LY, adv.
In a sleepless manner.
SLEEP-LESS-NESS, n.
Want or destitution of sleep.
SLEEP-WAK-ER, n.
One under the influence of magnetic sleep.
SLEEP-WAK-ING, n.
The state of one mesmerized, who is asleep and awake at the same time.
SLEEP-Y, a.
- Drowsy; inclined to sleep.
- Not awake. She wak'd her sleepy crew. – Dryden.
- Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion. – Milton. Shak.
- Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish. – Shak.
SLEEP-Y-LOOK-ING, a.
Appearing to be sleepy.
SLEET, n. [Dan. slud, loose weather, rain and snow together; Ice. sletta.]
- A fall of hail or snow and rain together, usually in fine particles. – Dryden.
- In gunnery, the part of a mortar passing from the chamber to the trunnions for strengthening that part. – Encyc.
SLEET, v.i.
To snow or hail with a mixture of rain.
SLEET-Y, a.
- Bringing sleet. – Warton.
- Consisting of sleet.
SLEEVE, n. [Sax. slef, slyf; W. llawes; said to be from llaw, the hand.]
- The part of a garment that is fitted to cover the arm; the sleeve of a coat or gown.
- The raveled sleeve of care, in Shakspeare. [See Sleave.] To laugh in the sleeve, to laugh privately or unperceived; that is perhaps, originally, by hiding the face under the sleeve or arm. – Arbuthnot. To hang on the sleeve, to be or make dependent on others. – Ainsworth.
SLEEVE, v.t.
To furnish with sleeves; to put in sleeves.
SLEEVE-BUT-TON, n.
A button to fasten the sleeve or wristband.
SLEEV-ED, a.
Having sleeves.
SLEEVE-LESS, a.
- Having no sleeves; as, a sleeveless coat. – Sandys.
- Wanting a cover, pretext or palliation; unreasonable; as, a sleeveless tale of transubstantiation; a sleeveless errand. [Little used.] – Hall. Spectator.
SLEEV-ING, ppr.
Furnishing with sleeves.
SLEID, v.t.
To sley or prepare for use in the weaver's sley or slaie.
SLEID-ED, pp.
Prepared for use in the weaver's sley.
SLEID-ING, ppr.
Preparing for use in the weaver's sley.
SLEIGH, n. [sla. Probably allied to sleek.]
A vehicle moved on runners, and greatly used in America for transporting persons or goods on snow or ice. [This word the English write and pronounce sledge, and apply it to what we call a sled.]
SLEIGH-ING, n.
- The state of the snow which admits of running sleighs.
- The act of riding in a sleigh.
SLEIGHT, n. [slite; G. schlich, trick, cunning; schlicht, plain, sleek; Sw. slög, dextrous; D. sluik, underhand; sluiken, to smuggle; Ir. slightheach, sly.]
- An artful trick; sly artifice; a trick or feat so dextrously performed that the manner of performance escapes observation; as, sleight of hand; Fr. legerdemain. Not improbably sleight and Fr. leger, light, may have a common origin.
- Dextrous practice; dexterity.
Artful; cunningly dextrous.
SLEN'DER, a. [Old D. slinder. This word is probably formed on the root of lean, Teutonic klein.]
- Thin; small in circumference compared with the length; not thick; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.
- Small in the waist; not thick or gross. A slender waist is considered as a beauty.
- Not strong; small; slight. Mighty hearts are held in slender chains. – Pope.
- Weak; feeble; as, slender hope; slender probabilities; a slender constitution.
- Small; inconsiderable; as, a man of slender parts.
- Small; inadequate; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance. – Shak.
- Not amply supplied. The good Ostorius often deign'd / To grace my slender table. – Philips.
- Spare abstemious; as, a slender diet. – Arbuthnot.