Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Fuddle

Fuddle , transitive verb

[Perh. formed as a kind of dim. of full. Compare Fuzzle.]

To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated. [Colloquial]
I am too fuddled to take care to observe your orders. — Steele

Fuddle , intransitive verb

To drink to excess. [Colloquial]