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Show Her father's brothe A Sould be her lord; or fhall I fay her uncle Let me have men about me that are fat Sleck-headed men, and fuch as fleep a-nights, Shak How eagerly ye follow my difgrace her brothers and her uncle \ @r he that fl Shakefpeare's Richard 111 Tyrant, fhew thy face % 1f thou be'ft flain, and with no ftroke of mine My wife and children's ghofts will }mug"/t me fill Th 1 faw under the altar the fouls of them th:\{wc: Rew. vi. 2 Gen. xliii. 16 in for the word of God W " Slay and make ready Wrath killeth the foolith man, and envy flayet 1 the filly one.. "} " Of Trojan chiefs he view'd: a.numerous train % derer So fleek her fkin Fairy Queen Abb frymen The flager of himfelf yet faw I there The gore congeal'd was clotte in hi hair [Of this word I know no . well the meaning : feawefilkis explaine \m by Gouldman, floccus fericus, a lock o b filk; and the women fhll {ay, feave th v filk, for wntauifp it Ainfwort call 'To /fla weaver's fhuttle or reed a flay is to part a twift into fingle fibres. I on a fountain light Whofe brim with pinks was. platted: The banks with daffadillies digh With grafs like fleave was matted Drayton'sCynthia. EAzY. adj. [ often written [feexy. Weak ; wanting fubitance. 'This feem to be of the fame race with feawe, o from To flay 1NLED, 1. f. [ fled, Danifh ; fledde, Dutch. A carriage drawn without wheels The fled, the tumbril, hurdles . Thefe all muft be prepar'd JLEDDED. adj. [from fled.] . afled So frown'd he once whe and the flail Dryden Mounted o in an angry. parle 7 He fmote the fledded Polack on the ice ' LEDGE 7. / Iflandick.] [ :n::b"",‘ ; U Shake[p [rleeg, Saxon; feggia A large heavy hammer They him fpying, both with greedy. forc At once upon him ran, and him befe With firokes of mortal fteel, without remorfe 4£nd on his fhield like iron fledges bet. Fairy Queen The painful fmith, with force of fervent heat the hardeft iron foon doth mollify That with his. heavy fledge he can it:beat And fathion to what he'it lift apply Spenfer The uphand Sfledge is ufed by under-workmen when the work is not of the largeft, yet require 4 elp to batter and draw it out: they ufe it wit th thenr.hands before them, and feldom lift thei J hammer higher than their head Moxon . Yt would: follow that the quick firoke of a ligh f!"mfl' thould: be of greater efficacy than an ofter and more gentle ftriking of a great fledge Wilkins's Matbematical Magick 2 lAcamage without wheels, or with ver /s ) 2 0}" W,heels..; properly a /led i '}‘(Lflncaflure they ufe a fort of fledge made wit CK wheels, to bring their marl out, drawn wit one hof Mortimer's Hufbandry n / f i e D t h Smooth /OLEEK PW{'/ 0‘#‘)1 See SLED 5 nitid; glofly If w That would have made Quintilian ftare and gafp Milton 7o SLEEK. @. a. [from the adjetive. 1 T comb {moot and even By dead Parthenope's dear tomb And fair Ligea's golden comb ‘Wherewith fhe fits on diamond rock Milton 2, To render foft, fmooth, or glofy Gentle my lord, fleck o'er your rugged looks Be bright and jovial *mong your gueits to-night Shakefpeare She does flec With crumbs of bread and milk, and lie In her neat gloves Ben Fonfor' The perfuafive rhetoric That fleek'd his tongue, and won fo muc So little here, nay loft A fheet of well flecked marble paper di a-night Cataline on Eve Milton not caf Boyle any of its diftin¢t colours upon the wall A cruife of fragrance form'd of burnifh'd gold Odour divine ! whofe foft refrefhing ftream Sleck the fmooth fkin, and fcent the fnowy limbs SLEE'kLY. adv. [from fleck. gloflily Pape Smoothly Let their heads be fleckly comb'd, and their blu coats bruth'd SLEE'KSTONE Shakefpeare's Taming of the Shrew 7.f. [ fleck and ffone. {moothing ftone The pureft pafteboard with a fleekflone rub fmooth Peacham and as even as you can ToSLEEP.v.n. [ flepan, Gothick ; yleepan Saxon ; flaepen, Durch. 1. To take reft, by fufpenfion of the mental and corporal powers I've watch'd and travell'd hard tle. Shak whif 'le m fleepout; the I fhal Somet ‘W.here 's Pede #-go you, and where you find maid That, ere fhe flecp, hath thrice her prayers faid Rein up the organs of her fantafy Sleep the as foun as carelefs infanc But thofe that Jfleep, and think not on their fins Pinch them, arms, legs, backs, thoulders, fides, an thins pledge Peace, good reader Deut do not weep Peace |- the lovers are afleep 3 They, fwect turtles! folded li In the laft knot that love could tie Let them [lecp, let them fleep on Till this ftormy night be gone And th' eternal morrow dawn Then the curtains ‘will be drawn And they waken with that ligh Whofe day fhall never flep-in night. Crafbaz Thofe who at any time fleep without dreaming can never be convinced that their thoughts are fo four bours bufy without their knowing it. Locte die fefu again rof an "To be inattentive ; not vigilant. Heav'n will one day ope 'T'o be'unnoticed, or unattended You eve Have with'd the flecping of this bufinefs, neve Shakefpeare's Henry V1II Defir'd it to be ftirr'd SLEEP.. 7. /.. [from the verb. Repofe reft; fufpenfion of the mental and corporal powers {lumber Methought I heard a voice cry, fleep no more Macbeth doth murder fleep.; the-innocent fleep Sleep, that knits-up the ravell'd fleeve of care The birth of each day's life, fore labour's bath Balm of hurt minds, great nature's fecond courfe Chief nourither in life's featt Shake/p. Macketh That fleepe might fweetly feal His reftfull eyes, he enter'd, and in his be In filence tock Chappan Cold calleth the fpirits to fuccour, and therefore they cannot fo well clofe and go together i the head, which is ever requifite to fleep. And for the fame: caufe, pain and noife hinder flecp and darknefs furthereth fleep Bacon Beafts that flzep in winter, as wild béars, durin their fleep wax very fat, though they eat nothing Bacon His faften'd- hands the rudder kecp And, fix'd on heav'n, his eyes repel invading ffeep Dryden Hermes o'er his hea His hat 'adorn'd with w And in his hand th fle i Infants fpend the greateft part of thei Jleeps and are feldom awake but-when hunger call for the teaf, or fome pain forces the mind to Jerceive it Locke SLEE'PER. 7. /. [from fleep. 1. One who fleeps ; one who is-not awake Sound, mufick 5 come, my queen, take hand wit me; And rock the groun Shak. Merry. Wives of Windfor If the man be poor, thou fhalt not fleep with hi tha The king's eyes, that o long have flept upo This bold, bad man Shakefpeare's Henry VI 6 Slecking her foft alluring locks believ even fo them alfo which fleep in Jefus will Go 1 Thef bring with him A perfon is faid to be dead to us, becauf cannot raifefrom the grave; though he only fleep unto God, who can raife from the cham death Ayliffe's Parergosn More fleck'd, more foft, and flacker limb'd. B. Fon/- And grim as when he breath'd his fullen foul away Dryden ol LEavE 4. To be dead: death being a ftate fro which man will fome time awake Dryden Yet are the men more loofe than they More kemb'd, 4nd bath'd, and rubb'd, and trimm'd With eyes half clos'd and' gaping mouth he lay S her make Thoferugged names to our like mouths grow fleck often flain, the flayer crown'd They flew thofe that were flayers of their coun fo faultlefs wa Ev'n Juno did unwilling pleafure tak To fee fo fair a rival Witnefs the guiltlefs blood pour'd oft on ground " The crowne We fleep over our happinefs," and want to b roufed into a quick thankfcl fenfe of it. Atterbury Dryden 2. Not rough; not harfh deftroyer 3. To live thoughtlefsly And then thou kemb'ft the tuzzes on thy cheek He muft by blood and battles pow'r maintain L And flay the monarchs ere he rule the plain. Prior Killer ; mur Till counterbuff'd fhe ftops, and flecps again. Dry head and hair are fleck % A)l much lamented, all in battle flain.. Dryd. AEn 4 pa'YER. 2. /o [from flay. The giddy fhip, betwixt the winds and tide Forc'd back and forwards, id a circle rides Stunn'd with the different blows ; then fhootsamain Milton's Paradife Lof? Th Tobs V. 2. burley-boned clown in chines of beef ere thou flec in thy fheath, I befeech Jove on my knees tho Shak. Henry VI mayft be turned into hobnails How fweet the moonlight fleeps upon this bank Here will we fit, and let the founds of mufic Shake[p. Merchant of Venice Creep in our ears fields all dreft in flowers Fawning to be motionlefs Steel, if thou turn thine edge, or cut not out th And that the fleck-hair'd nymphs were fee To feck them fummer bowers Drayton As in gaze admiring, oft he bow' His turret creft, and JSleek enamell'd neck Shakefpeare 2. To reft As if it fed ye ; and how fleck and wanto Y' appearinev'ry thing may bring my ruin, Shak What time the groves were clad in green SL S E 5 whereon thefe fleepers be Shakefpeare What 's the bufinefs That fuch'an hideous trumpet calls to parle The flecpers of the houfe? Shakefpeare's Macbeth In fome countries, a plant which fhutteth in th night, openeth in the niorning, -and openeth wid at noon; the inhabitants fay is a plant that fleepeth There be fleepers enowthen; for almoft all flower do the like Bacon Night is indeed the province of his reign Yet all his dark exploits no more centai Than a fpy taken, and a fleeper Nlain Diyden 2. A lazy inactive drone He muft be no great eater, drinker, nor flecper that will difcipline his fenfes, and exert his mind ever worthy undertaking requives both Greww 3. "Eha |