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A large draught of liquor.

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  1. n. A large draught of liquor.
  2. n. A drinking match; a carousal.
  3. v. i. To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels.
  4. v. t. To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially.
  5. n. revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
  6. v. engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
  7. 1. A large draught of liguor. [Obs.] "A full carouse of sack." Sir J. Davies. Drink carouses to the next day's fate. Shak. 2. A drinking match; a carousal. The early feast and late carouse. Pope. To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels. He had been aboard, carousing to his mates. Shak. 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.
  8. To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take in a carousal;to engage in drunken revels.He had been aboard, carousing to his mates. Shak.
  9. v:100 n. revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party v. engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking