dwall v also dawl, dwole [phonetics unavailable]. EDD dwal(l) v 2 'to slumber' Sh I Ork. To fall asleep; to doze; to become unconscious; esp, in phr dwall off (P 113-73).
   [cl894] PANL P4/14, p. 199 What are the precise meaning and application of to dwall, to glutch, to hackle ... ? 1909 GRENFELL¹ 67 'E said 'e droled off once or twice, but th' night seemed wonderfu' long. 1920 GRENFELL & SPALDING 193 'Oh! I does [give the baby the bottle] ma'm,' Mira replied. 'If he dwalls off, I gives him a scattered jolt.' 1941 WITHINGTON 157 Dr Grenfell had warned me to have him lie down for even the slightest surgical incision, because they fainted easily. So I discovered one day when I forgot this injunction and my patient 'dawled' over. P 14-72 The old man dwalled off.

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