From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Doze \Doze\ (d[=o]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dozed (d[=o]zd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Dozing.] [Prob. akin to daze, dizzy: cf. Icel.
d[=u]sa to doze, Dan. d["o]se to make dull, heavy, or drowsy,
d["o]s dullness, drowsiness, d["o]sig drowsy, AS. dw[=ae]s
dull, stupid, foolish. [root]71. Cf. Dizzy.]
To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied
condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy.
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If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler
waked him. --L'Estrange.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Doze \Doze\, v. t.
1. To pass or spend in drowsiness; as, to doze away one's
time.
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2. To make dull; to stupefy. [Obs.]
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I was an hour . . . in casting up about twenty sums,
being dozed with much work. --Pepys.
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They left for a long time dozed and benumbed.
--South.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Doze \Doze\, n.
A light sleep; a drowse. --Tennyson.
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