1575. Satirical Poems, etc., Scottish Text Soc. Pub. (1889-90) i., 208. 'A Lewd Ballat.' To se forett the holy frere his fukking so deplore.
Adj. (common).—A qualification of extreme contumely.
Adv. (common).—1. Intensitive and expletive; a more violent form of bloody (q.v.). See Foutering.
Fuckish, adj. (venery).—Wanton;
proud (q.v.); inclined for
coition.
Fuckster, subs. (venery).—A
good performer (q.v.); one
specially addicted to the act. A
woman-fucker (Florio), but
in feminine fuckstress.
Fud, subs. (venery).—The pubic
hair. For synonyms, see
Fleece. Also the tail of a hare
or rabbit.
1785. Burns, The Jolly Beggars. They scarcely left to co'er their fuds.
Fuddle, subs. (common).—1.
Drink. [Wedgwood: A corruption
of fuzz.]
1621. Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy. The university troop dined with the Earl of Abingdon and came back well fuzzed.
1690. B. E., New Dict. of the Canting Crew, s.v. fuddle, Drink. 'This is rum fuddle, c. this is excellent Tipple.'
1705. Ward, Hudibras Redivivus, I., Pt. iv., p. 18. And so, said I, we sipp'd our fuddle, As women in the straw do caudle, 'Till every man had drown'd his noddle.
1733. Bailey, Erasmus, p. 125 (ed. 1877). Don't go away; they have had their dose of fuddle.
2. (common).—A drunken bout; a drunk.
1864. Glasgow Citizen, 9 Dec. Turner is given to a fuddle at times.
Verb. (colloquial).—To be drunk.
1720. Durfey, Pills, etc., vi., 265. All day he will fuddle.
1754. B. Martin, Eng. Dict. (2nd ed.). To fuddle, 1. To make a person drunk. 2. To grow drunk.
1770. Foote. Lame Lover, iii. Come, Hob or Nob, Master Circuit—let us try if we can't fuddle the serjeant.
1855. Thackeray, Newcomes, ch. x. He boxed the watch; he fuddled himself at taverns; he was no better than a Mohock.
1889. Echo, 15 Feb. If rich, you may fuddle with Bacchus all night, And be borne to your chamber remarkably tight.
Fuddlecap (or Fuddler), subs.
(common).—A drunkard; a boon
companion. For synonyms, see
Lushington.
1607. Dekker, Jests to make you Merie, in wks. (Grosart) ii., 299. And your perfect fuddlecap [is known] by his red nose.
d. 1682. T. Browne, Works, iii., 93. True Protestant fuddlecaps.
1690. B. E., New Dict. of the Canting Crew, fuddlecap, a drunkard.
1748. T. Dyche, Dictionary (5th ed.) Fuddlecap (S.) one that loves tippling, an excessive drinker, or drunkard.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
Fuddled, adj. (colloquial).—Stupid
with drink. For synonyms,
see Drinks and Screwed.
1661. Pepys, Diary, 8 March After dinner, to drink all the afternoon . . . at last come in Sir William Wale, almost fuddled.
1713. Guardian, No. 145. It was my misfortune to call in at Tom's last night, a little fuddled.
1730. Thomson, Autumn, 537. The table floating round, And pavement faithless to the fuddled foot.
1838. Dickens, Nich. Nickleby, ch. lx., p. 485. You're a little fuddled to-
