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.

-- Webster's unabridged 1913