2. A drinking match; a carousal.

The early feast and late carouse.

Pope.

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.

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