Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Carouse

Carouse (kȧ*rouz") , noun

[French carrousse, earlier carous, from German 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. [Obsolete]
A full carouse of sack. — Sir J. Davies
Drink carouses to the next day's fate. — Shakespeare
2.
A drinking match; a carousal.
The early feast and late carouse. — Pope

Carouse , intransitive verb

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. — Shakespeare

Carouse , transitive verb

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