doze
n. சிறுதுயில், அரையுறக்கம், (வினை) சிறுதுயில்கொள், அரைத் தூக்கத்திலிரு, சோம்பிய அல்லது உணர்வுமழுங்கிய நிலையிலிரு, சோம்பலாகக் காலங்கழி.
Doze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dozed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dozing.] Etym: [Prob. akin to daze, dizzy: cf. Icel. d to doze, Dan. döse to make dull, heavy, or drowsy, dös dullness, drowsiness, dösig drowsy, AS. dw dull, stupid, foolish. Dizzy.] Defn: 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. Defn: A light sleep; a drowse. Tennyson.