doze

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Dozed p. pr. & vb. n. Dozing. ] [ Prob. akin to daze, dizzy: cf. Icel. dūsa to doze, Dan. döse to make dull, heavy, or drowsy, dös dullness, drowsiness, dösig drowsy, AS. dw&aemacr_;s dull, stupid, foolish. √71. Cf. Dizzy. ] To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To pass or spend in drowsiness; as, to doze away one's time. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make dull; to stupefy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I was an hour . . . in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work. Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]

They left for a long time dozed and benumbed. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Dozen (before another noun), Dozens [ OE. doseine, dosein, OF. doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo two + decem ten. See Two, Ten, and cf. Duodecimal. ] 1. A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows. “Some six or seven dozen of Scots.” “A dozen of shirts to your back.” “A dozen sons.” “Half a dozen friends.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An indefinite small number. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A baker's dozen, thirteen; -- called also a long dozen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Twelfth. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]