Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sleepy, sand. / sleep (rheum around the eyes) / (fiction) the sand or dust that the Sandman throws in people's eyes

A deep and worry-free sleep. / (euphemistic, dated) A peaceful death or burial.

Synonym of up one's sleeve

plural of sleeve-button

(dated) A button or stud used to hold a sleeve cuff together.

plural of trunk sleeve

(historical) A sleeve, in clothing, with the upper part puffed.

Alternative form of Hippocrates' sleeve

plural of Hippocrates sleeve

A conical strainer of fine cloth used in the preparation of hippocras. It can made by stitching together two adjacent sides of a square piece of cloth.