Part 3498

<i>South.</i>

<blockquote>In the pool <b>drowsed</b> the cattle up to their knees. <i>Lowell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Drowse</h1> <Xpage=457>

<hw>Drowse</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Drowse</h1> <Xpage=457>

<hw>Drowse</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze.</def>

<blockquote>But smiled on in a <b>drowse</b> of ecstasy. <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Drowsihead</h1> <Xpage=457>

<hw>Drow"si*head</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Drowsiness.</def>

<i>Thomson.</i>

<h1>Drowsihed</h1> <Xpage=457>

<hw>Drow"si*hed</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Drowsihead.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Drowsily</h1> <Xpage=457>

<hw>Drow"si*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a drowsy manner.</def>

<h1>Drowsiness</h1> <Xpage=457>

<hw>Drow"si*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being drowsy.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Drowsy</h1> <Xpage=457>

<hw>Drow"sy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Drowsier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Drowsiest</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy.</def> "When I am <i>drowsy</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Dapples the <b>drowsy</b> east with spots of gray. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To our age's <b>drowsy</b> blood Still shouts the inspiring sea. <i>Lowell.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>drowsy</b> hours, dispensers of all good. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Dull; stupid.</def> " <i>Drowsy</i> reasoning."