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† quass, v. Obs.
Also 6–7 quasse.
[a. MLG. quassen (quasen, quatzen: see Grimm) to eat or drink immoderately: prob. of onomatopœic origin.]
intr. To drink copiously or in excess; to quaff. Hence † ˈquassing vbl. n.
1549Chaloner Erasm. on Folly E iv, Remembre the law of quassyng, ‘Other drinke thy drinke, or rise, and goe thy waie’. c1572Gascoigne Fruites Warre lxxxvii, Hope brings the boll wherein they all must quasse [rime passe]. 1607Marston What You Will ii. i, Sing, sing, or stay weele quasse or any thing. |