(n.) A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix).
(n.) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.
(n.) A sleeping car.
(n.) An animal that hibernates, as the bear.
(n.) One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story.
(n.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.
(n.) One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece.
(n.) One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.
(n.) Something lying in a reclining posture or position.
(n.) That which lies dormant, as a law.
(n.) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.