▪ I. † ˈbezzling, vbl. n. Obs.
Also 6 bezeling, 7 bezelling, bezzeling, bisseling.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
Drunken revelry or dissipation, bousing.
| 1599 Marston Sc. Villanie ii. vii. 206 That diuine part is soak't away in sinne, In sensuall lust, and midnight bezeling. 1641 Milton Animadv. Wks. (1851) 196 They that spend their youth in loitering, bezzling, and harlotting. |
▪ II. † ˌbezzling, ppl. a. Obs.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That drinks hard; bousing, swilling.
| 1617 J. Taylor (Water P.) Trav. Wks. (1630) 80/1 Gogmagog, or our English Sir John Falstaff were but shrimps to this bezzeling Bombards latitude, altitude, and crassitude. |