The action of the verb CAROUSE. Often attrib.
1583. Stanyhurst, Æneis, III. (Arb.), 81. They kept a myrry carousing.
1592. Nashe, P. Penilesse (ed. 2), 23 b. Downe to ye bottome of his carrowsing cups.
1617. Moryson, Itin., III. II. 87. Which kind of karoussing they call the crowning of the Emperor.
1650. Hubbert, Pill Formality, 137–8. His care and pitty are drowned in carowsing bowls.
1756. Nugent, Gr. Tour, Germ., II. 208. At Vienna, Their chief diversion is feasting and carousing.
1861. Ramsay, Remin., iii. 36.
