Hypertext Webster Gateway: "drowsing"
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
drowsing
adj : half asleep; "made drowsy by the long ride"; "it seemed a
pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor"; "a
tired dozy child"; "the nodding (or napping)
grandmother in her rocking chair" [syn: {drowsy}, {drowsing(a)},
{dozy}, {dozing(a)}, {napping(a)}, {nodding(a)}]
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