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Definition of Drowses
1. drowse [v] - See also: drowse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drowses
Literary usage of Drowses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Arabic-English Lexicon: Derived from the Best and the Most Copious by Edward William Lane (1893)
"(S.) * '"• * : see uA she-camel bountiful in yielding milk ; (S, A, K;) that
drowses, or slumbers, in yielding milk ; (A ;) or because, in yielding milk, ..."
2. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1906)
"He said the Boer gets up early and sets his " niggers " at their tasks (pasturing
the cattle, and watching them) ; eats, smokes, drowses, sleeps; ..."
3. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain (1897)
"He said the Boer gets up early and sets his " niggers" at their tasks (pasturing
the cattle, and watching them); eats, smokes, drowses, sleeps; ..."
4. Maoriland: And Other Verses by Arthur Henry Adams (1899)
"... and then Sink to dreamless sleep again. So for aye my love I keep Here upon
my breast asleep— Hush I ... he drowses . . . drowses , . deep. ..."
5. Maoriland: And Other Verses by Arthur Henry Adams (1899)
"So for aye my love I keep Here upon my breast asleep— Hush! ... he drowses . .
. drowses . . . deep. ..."
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