Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CA-ROUSE', v.i. [carouz'; Fr. carrouse, hard drinking. I know not the real origin of this word. In Pers. كروز karoz, signifies hilarity, singing, dancing. In Ger. rauschen signifies to rush, to fuddle. In Ir. craosal is drunkenness, from craos, excess, reveling.]

To drink hard; to guzzle. In the United States, it signifies also to be noisy, as bacchanalians.