subs. (old).—A drunkard; LUSHINGTON (q.v.): also BIZZLE and BIZZLER. Hence, as verb.—To drink hard; to tipple: see LUSH; BEZZLED = drunk: see SCREWED. [See WEBSTER, Works, iv. 55; MIDDLETON, iii. 152; BEAUMONT and FLETCHER, ii. 149].

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  1598.  MARSTON, Scourge of Villanie, ii. 7.

        That divine part is soak’t away in sinne,
In sensual lust, and midnight BEZELING.

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  1599.  JOSEPH HALL, Satires, V. 2.

        Oh me! what odds there seemeth ’twixt their cheer
And the swolne BEZZLE at an alehouse fire.

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  1609.  DEKKER, The Honest Whore [DODSLEY], Old Plays (REED), iii. 396. ’Sfoot, I wonder how the inside of a tavern looks now. Oh! when shall I BIZLE, BIZLE?

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  1604.  MARSTON and WEBSTER [DODSLEY, Old Plays (REED) iv. 42.

        Time will come
When wonder of thy error will strike dumb
Thy BEZEL’D sense.

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  [?].  KERSEY, Works. [NARES]. For when he was told of he was fallen into this filthie vice and abominable BEAZELING, O (saith hee) youth may be wanton, and heerafter staydnes may reduce him; puft up with pride that may be moderated by conversation, or religious advise; given to gaming.

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  2.  (old).—To squander riotously: spec. in drinking; to waste; to embezzle.

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