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.
Drink carouses to the next day's fate.
2.
A drinking match; a carousal.
The early feast and late carouse.
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.
Carouse , transitive verb
To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially. [Archaic]
Guests carouse the sparkling tears of the rich grape.
Egypt's wanton queen,
Carousing gems, herself dissolved in love.