† fuzzlev.
/ˈfʌz(ə)l/ Obsolete.
transitive. To intoxicate, make drunk, confuse, muddle.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (transitive)] > make drunk
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1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. i. vi. 83 If the spirits of the braine be fusled..at such a time, their children will be fusled in the braine: they will be dul..all their liues.
1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) To fuzzle, enyvrer.
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