A*sleep" , a. & adv.
[Pref. a- + sleep.] 1. In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.
Fast asleep the giant lay supine.
Dryden.
By whispering winds soon lulled
asleep.
Milton.
2. In the
sleep of the grave; dead. Concerning them which are asleep . . . sorrow not, even as
others which have no hope.
1 Thess. iv.
13. 3. Numbed, and, usually, tingling. Udall.
Leaning long
upon any part maketh it numb, and, as
we call it,
asleep.
Bacon.
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