Sleeping \Sleep"ing\, a. & n. from {Sleep}. [1913 Webster] {Sleeping car}, a railway car or carrriage, arranged with apartments and berths for sleeping. {Sleeping partner} (Com.), a dormant partner. See under {Dormant}. {Sleeping table} (Mining), a stationary inclined platform on which pulverized ore is washed; a kind of buddle. [1913 Webster]