nase, adj. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

nase adj.

also nace

[ety. ‘obscure’ (OED) but B&L suggest Ger. nass, wet; given the trad. association of red noses and drunkards there might be a link to obs. 14C SE nase, nose]

(UK Und.) drunken, intoxicated.

c.1535

R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Eiii: I now, ynow; with bousy coune maund nace.

In compounds

nase nab (n.) (also nazy nab) [above/nazie adj. + ? neb n.¹ (3) although this predates]

1. (UK Und.) a drunkard, drunkenness.

c.1566		Harman Caveat for Common Cursetours in Viles & Furnivall (1907) 85: I tower that bene bouse make nase nabes Now I se that good drinke makes a dronken heade.
1592		Groundworke of Conny-catching [as cit. c.1566].
1608		Dekker Belman of London [as cit. c.1566].
1612		Dekker O per se O L4: Their Ben Bouse (the strong Liquor) causing them to haue Nase Nabs (drunken Coxcombes) up fling they the Cannes.
1688		R. Holme Academy of Armory Ch. iii item 68c: Canting Terms used by Beggars, Vagabonds, Cheaters, Cripples and Bedlams. [...] Nase Nabs, Red Noses, Drunkards.
c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Nazy-nabs, c. Drunken Coxcombs.
1725		New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1737, 1759, 1760, 1776		Bailey Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue [as cit. c.1698].
1811		Lex. Balatronicum [as cit. c.1698].
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue [as cit. c.1698].
1859		Matsell Vocabulum.

2. a red nose.

1688

see sense 1.