\Doze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dozed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dozing}.] [Prob. akin to daze, dizzy: cf. Icel. d?sa to
doze, Dan. d["o]se to make dull, heavy, or drowsy, d["o]s
dullness, drowsiness, d["o]sig drowsy, AS. dw?s dull, stupid,
foolish. ???. Cf. {Dizzy}.]
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.

\Doze\, v. t.
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.

\Doze\, n.
A light sleep; a drowse. --Tennyson.