[Obs.] Holland.
Drownage
(Drown"age) n. The act of drowning. [R.]
Drowner
(Drown"er) n. One who, or that which, drowns.
Drowse
(Drowse) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drowsed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Drowsing.] [AS. drsian, drsan, to
sink, become slow or inactive; cf. OD. droosen to be sleepy, fall asleep, LG. drsen, druusken, to slumber,
fall down with a noise; prob, akin to AS. dreósan to fall. See Dreary.] To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to
slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze. "He drowsed upon his couch." South.
In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees.
Lowell. Drowse
(Drowse), v. t. To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid. Milton.
Drowse
(Drowse), n. A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze.
But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy.
Mrs. Browning. Drowsihead
(Drow"si*head) n. Drowsiness. Thomson.
Drowsihed
(Drow"si*hed), n. Drowsihead. [Obs.] Spenser.
Drowsily
(Drow"si*ly), adv. In a drowsy manner.
Drowsiness
(Drow"si*ness), n. State of being drowsy. Milton.
Drowsy
(Drow"sy) a. [Compar. Drowsier ; superl. Drowsiest.]
1. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy. "When I am drowsy." Shak.
Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray.
Shak.
To our age's drowsy blood
Still shouts the inspiring sea.
Lowell. 2. Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.
The drowsy hours, dispensers of all good.
Tennyson. 3. Dull; stupid. " Drowsy reasoning." Atterbury.
