Hypertext Webster Gateway: "drowse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Drowse \Drowse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drowsed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Drowsing}.] [AS. dr?sian, dr?san, to sink, become slow or
inactive; cf. OD. droosen to be sleepy, fall asleep, LG.
dr?sen, druusken, to slumber, fall down with a noise; prob,
akin to AS. dre['o]san to fall. See {Dreary}.]
To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy
with sleepiness; to doze. ``He drowsed upon his couch.''
--South.
In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees.
--Lowell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Drowse \Drowse\, v. t.
To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make
dull or stupid. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Drowse \Drowse\, n.
A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze.
But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy. --Mrs.
Browning.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
drowse
n : a light fitful sleep [syn: {doze}]
v 1: sleep lightly or for a short period of time [syn: {snooze},
{doze}]
2: be on the verge of sleeping
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