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pulation; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives. Dickens.

specially, to sleep lightly; to doze. Piers Plowman. He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Ps. cxxi. 4.

One who slumbers; a sleeper.

In a slumbering manner.

Without slumber; sleepless.

Inviting slumber; soporiferous. "Pensive in the slumberous shade." Pope.

Sleepy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Slumberous. Keats.

The impure residue, consisting of cocoons, propolis, etc., remaining after the wax is extracted from honeycombs.

Visiting slums.

To lump; to throw into a mess. These different groups . . . are exclusively slumped together under that sense. Sir W. Hamilton.

Easily broken through; boggy; marshy; swampy. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Bartlett.

Resembling death. A deathlike slumber, and a dead repose. Pope.

To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy. If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him. L'Estrange.

To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze. "He drowsed upon his couch." South. In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees. Lowell.

A boy; especially, a boy servant. [Obs.] Wyclif. Chaucer. O murderous slumber, Lay'st thou thy leaden mace upon my boy That plays thee music Gentle knave, good night. Shak.

Heavy; dull; sluggish. "Leaden slumber." Shak.

oblivion; causing forgetfulness. "The oblivious pool." Milton. She lay in deep, oblivious slumber. Longfellow.

To poise or weight. [Obs.] Chaucer. Lest leaden slumber peise me down. Shak.

To weigh (down); to oppress. [Obs.] Lest leaden slumber peise me down to-morrow. Shak.