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Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep. Shak. She waked her sleepy crew. Dryden.

A sleepy person. To bed, to bed, says Sleepyhead. Mother Goose.

A slayer. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.

Mud or slime, such as that at the bottom of rivers. [Scot.]

The state of being sleety.

Of or pertaining to sleet; characterized by sleet; as, a sleety storm; sleety weather.

The part of a garment which covers the arm; as, the sleeve of a coat or a gown. Chaucer.

Having sleeves; furnished with sleeves; -- often in composition; as, long-sleeved.

A squid.

The part of a sleeve nearest the hand; a cuff or wristband. [Obs.] Shak.

Having no sleeves.

In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant. Fast asleep the giant lay supine. Dryden. By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Milton.

A wide sleeve, once worn by women.

Pretended sleep. Addison.

The sleeve below the elbow.

To exceed in sleeping. Shak.

To sleep beyond; as, to oversleep one's self or one's usual hour of rising.

A funnel-shaped sleeve arranged to show the sleeve lining and an inner sleeve.

A sleeve of an under-garment; a sleeve worn under another,