DROWNAGE
Drown"age, n.
Defn: The act of drowning. [R.]
DROWNER
Drown"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, drowns.
DROWSE Drowse, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drowsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Drowsing.] Etym: [AS. dr, dr, to sink, become slow or inactive; cf. OD. droosen to be sleepy, fall asleep, LG. dr, druusken, to slumber, fall down with a noise; prob, akin to AS. dreósan to fall. See Dreary.]
Defn: To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze. "He drowsed upon his couch." South. In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees. Lowell.
DROWSE
Drowse, v. t.
Defn: To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid. Milton.
DROWSE
Drowse, n.
Defn: A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze.
But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy. Mrs. Browning.