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superl. |
Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair., Not rough or harsh., With ease and dexterity., That which makes smooth; varnish., To make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy; to smooth over. |
| sleep |
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imp. of Sleep. Slept., To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber., To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly., To be dead; to lie in the grave., To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant; as, a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps., To be slumbering in; — followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep., To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge., A natural and healthy, but temporary and periodical, suspension of the functions of the organs of sense, as well as of those of the voluntary and rational soul; that state of the animal in which there is a lessened acuteness of sensory perception, a confusion of ideas, and a loss of mental control, followed by a more or less unconscious state. |