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als are collected for the repair of a church or of a city. Sunk down and sought repair Of sleep, which instantly fell on me. Milton.

That which is taken as food; a meal; figuratively, any refreshment. "Sleep . . . thy best repast." Denham. Go and get me some repast. Shak.

A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet. Shake off the golden slumber of repose. Shak.

ion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind. Chaucer. Sleep give thee all his rest! Shak.

Deprived of rest or sleep. Restless he passed the remnants of the night. Dryden.

A linen garment resembling the surplise, but with narrower sleeves, also without sleeves, worn by bishops, and by some other ecclesiastical dignitaries, in certain religious ceremonies. They see no difference between an idler with a hat and national cockade, and an idler in a cowl or in a rochet. Burke.…

To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet. "Sleep rock thy brain." Shak.

To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch. Wordsworth.

In a rough manner; rudely; roughly. Sleeping rough on the trenches, and dying stubbornly in their boats. Sir W. Scott.

onclusion. We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. Shak.

To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly.

ulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a pinch. Every rub is smoothed on our way. Shak. To sleep, perchance to dream; ay, there's the rub. Shak. Upon this rub, the English ambassadors thought fit to demur. Hayward. One knows not, certainly, what other rubs might have been ordained for us by a wise Providence. W. Besant.…

rayish below. Called also dunbird, dundiver, ruddy diver, stifftail, spinetail, hardhead, sleepy duck, fool duck, spoonbill, etc. -- Ruddy plover (Zoöl.) the sanderling.

was but rude in the profession of arms. Sir H. Wotton. the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. Gray.

Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc. "Sleek o'er your rugged looks." Shak.

g.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like. Peaceful sleep out the sabbath of the tomb. Pope. Sabbath breaker, one who violates the law of the Sabbath. -- Sabbath breaking, the violation of the law of the Sabbath. -- Sabbath-day's journey, a distance of about a mile, which, under…

shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing saek. [Written also sacque.]

A mythical person who makes children sleepy, so that they rub their eyes as if there were sand in them.

A loose sleeveless vestment falling in front and behind, worn by certain religious orders and devout persons.

A gown or frock with short sleeves, formerly worn by mariners. Shak.