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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DOZING, ppr. Slumbering.
DOZING, n. A slumbering; sluggishness.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Doze 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.