CAROUSE

carouse. Carouse, v. to drink hard or freely, to quaff

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Ca‐rouse″ (kȧ‐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. 1. A large draught of liquor. “A full carouse of sack.” Sir J. Davies.
Drink carouses to the next day's fate. Shak. 2. 2. A drinking match; a carousal.
The early feast and late carouse. Pope.