Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SLEEP-ER, n.

1. A person that sleeps; also, a drone or lazy person. – Grew.
2. That which lies dormant, as a law not executed. [Not in use.] – Bacon.
3. An animal that lies dormant in winter, as the bear, the marmot, &c. – Encyc.
4. In bleeding, the oblique rafter that lies in a gutter. – Encyc.
5. In New England, a floor timber.
6. In shipbuilding, a thick piece of timber placed longitudinally in a ship's hold, opposite the several scarfs of the timbers, for strengthening the bows and stern-frame, particularly in the Greenland ships; or a piece of long compass-timber fayed and bolted diagonally upon the transoms. – Mar. Dict. Encyc.
7. In the glass trade, a large iron bar crossing the smaller ones, hindering the passage of coals, but leaving room for the ashes. – Encyc.
8. A platform.
9. A fish, Exocœtus. – Ainsworth.