Drowse /(drouz)/

Drowse

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Drowsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Drowsing

  1. To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze.
    In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees.

Drowse

v. t.
  1. To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid.

Drowse

n.
  1. A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze.
    But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy.