Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.