A person that sleeps; also, a drone or lazy person.

That which lies dormant, as a law not executed.

AN animal that lies dormant in winter, as the bear, the marmot.

In building, the oblique rafter that lies in a gutter,

In New England, a floor timber.

In ship-building, a thick piece of timber placed longitudinally in a ship’s hold, opposite the several scarfs of the timbers, for strengthening the bows and stern-frame, particularly in the Greenland ships; or a piece of long compass-timber fayed and bolted diagonally upon the transoms.

In the glass trade, a large iron bar crossing the smaller ones, hindering the passage of coals, but leaving room for the ashes.

A platform.

A fish.