REVEL (2)

revel (2). Revel, v.t. to draw back or off, retract, ob.

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Rev″el, n. [[OF. revel rebellion, disorder, feast, sport. See Revel, v. i.]] A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal. This day in mirth and revel to dispend. Chaucer. Some men ruin . . . their bodies by incessant revels. Rambler. Master of the revels, Revel master. Same as Lord of misrule, under Lord.