Doze — Defs

01 v. i. To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy.

imp. & p. p. Dozed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dozing

1.
To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy.
“If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him.” — L'Estrange.

02 v. t. To pass or spend in drowsiness; as, to doze away one's time.

1.
To pass or spend in drowsiness; as, to doze away one's time.
2.
To make dull; to stupefy.[Obs.]
“I was an hour . . . in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work.” — Pepys.

“They left for a long time dozed and benumbed.” — South.

03 n. A light sleep; a drowse.