v. Obs. Also 6–7 quasse. [a. MLG. quassen (quasen, quatzen: see Grimm) to eat or drink immoderately: prob. of onomatopæic origin.] intr. To drink copiously or in excess; to quaff. Hence † Quassing vbl. sb.
1549. Chaloner, Erasm. on Folly, E iv. Remembre the law of quassyng, ‘Other drinke thy drinke, or rise, and goe thy waie.’
c. 1572. Gascoigne, Fruites Warre, lxxxvii. Hope brings the boll wherein they all must quasse [rhyme passe].
1607. Marston, What You Will, II. i. Sing, sing, or stay weele quasse or any thing.
