Drowse

(drowz), v. i. [O. D. droosen, to be sleepy, fall asleep, L. Ger. dräsen, drusken, to slumber, fall, fall down with a noise, A-S. dreosan, drusian, to fall, to droop, O. Sax. driosan, Goth. driusan.] To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze.

Milton.

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

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