Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Carouse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Carouse \Ca*rouse"\ v. t.
To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially. [Archaic]
Guests carouse the sparkling tears of the rich grape.
--Denham.
Egypt's wanton queen, Carousing gems, herself dissolved
in love. --Young.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Carouse \Ca*rouse"\ (k[.a]*rouz"), n. [F. carrousse, earlier
carous, fr. G. garaus finishing stroke, the entire emptying
of the cup in drinking a health; gar entirely + aus out. See
{Yare}, and {Out}.]
1. A large draught of liquor. [Obs.] ``A full carouse of
sack.'' --Sir J. Davies.
Drink carouses to the next day's fate. --Shak.
2. A drinking match; a carousal.
The early feast and late carouse. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Carouse \Ca*rouse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caroused}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Carousing}.]
To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part in a
carousal; to engage in drunken revels.
He had been aboard, carousing to his mates. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
carouse
n : revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party [syn: {carousal},
{bender}, {toot}, {booze-up}]
v : engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making; "They were out
carousing last night" [syn: {roister}, {riot}]
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