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Supervention of sleep.

Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.

A form of sleep or somnambulism brought on by artificial means, in which there is an unusual suspension of some powers, and an unusual activity of others. It is induced by an action upon the nerves, through the medium of the senses, as in persons of very feeble organization, by gazing steadly at a very bright object he…

Inclination; disposition. On the first inclining towards sleep. Burke.

A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams. Tylor. Period of incubation, or Stage of incubation (Med.), the period which elapses between exposure to the causes of a disease and the attack resulting from it; the time of development of the supposed germs or spores.

, party, or choice more than to another; neutral; impartial. Indifferent in his choice to sleep or die. Addison.

Indifferent to obligation or duty. [Obs.] Thou drown'st thyself in inofficious sleep. B. Jonson.

Disappointing; imperfect; unsound. [Obs.] To render sleep's soft blessings insincere. Pope.

Want of sleep; inability to sleep; wakefulness; sleeplessness.

Restless; sleepless. Blount.

Sleeplessness.

e the tedium of waiting. Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes When monarch reason sleeps. Dryden.

Endless; as, interminate sleep. Chapman.

Between the times of sleeping; in an interval of wakefulness. [R.]

A kind of full sleeveless cape, fitting closely about the neck.

ope; to attract. To inveigle and invite the unwary sense. Milton. Shady groves, that easy sleep invite. Dryden. There no delusive hope invites despair. Cowper.

Not to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious. "Him death's iron sleep oppressed." Philips.

A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips. Dryden.

Formerly, a close coat or waistcoat with sleeves.

coarse, heavy work, not requiring skill also, set apart for labor; as, laboring days. The sleep of a laboring man is sweet. eccl. v. 12.