v. t. To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze. [ 1913 Webster ]
But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]