Slum

n. [ CF. Slump, n. ] 1. A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Mining) Same as Slimes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To lay to sleep. [ R. ] Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To stun; to stupefy. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Slumbered p. pr. & vb. n. Slumbering. ] [ OE. slombren, slumberen, slumeren, AS. slumerian, fr. sluma slumber; akin to D. sluimeren to slumber, MHG. slummern, slumen, G. schlummern, Dan. slumre, Sw. slumra, Goth. slawan to be silent. ] 1. To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Ps. cxxi. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity. “Why slumbers Pope?” Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose. [ 1913 Webster ]

He at last fell into a slumber, and thence into a fast sleep, which detained him in that place until it was almost night. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fast asleep? It is no matter;
Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rest to my soul, and slumber to my eyes. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who slumbers; a sleeper. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a slumbering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without slumber; sleepless. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Inviting slumber; soporiferous. “Pensive in the slumberous shade.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Being in the repose of slumber; sleepy; drowsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

His quiet and almost slumberous countenance. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]