imp. of Draw. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Most men being in sensual pleasures drowned. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]
My private voice is drowned amid the senate. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
To drown up,
v. i.
Methought, what pain it was to drown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of drowning. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, drowns. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze. [ 1913 Webster ]
But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Drowsiness. [ archaic ] Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Drowsihead. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]