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adj. 1. emotionally stimulated.
Syn. -- stimulated, stirred, stirred up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 brought to a state of great psychological tension.
Syn. -- wound up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. 1 stimulated to a state of awareness and interest. the aroused opposition
Syn. -- awakened. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. sexually aroused; feeling a strong urge for sexual activity.
Syn. -- aflame, hot, turned on(predicate), horny. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

5. excessively affected by emotion; -- of persons.
Syn. -- emotional, excited. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. A large draught of liquor. [ Obs. ] “A full carouse of sack.” Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drink carouses to the next day's fate. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A drinking match; a carousal. [ 1913 Webster ]

The early feast and late carouse. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Caroused p. pr. & vb. n. Carousing. ] To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had been aboard, carousing to his mates. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Guests carouse the sparkling tears of the rich grape. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

Egypt's wanton queen,
Carousing gems, herself dissolved in love. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a continuous belt oriented horizontally or near-horizontally around a central structure, driven in a circular motion by some mechanism, which carries luggage delivered from the luggage hold of an airplane to air travelers; -- used at airports.
Syn. -- luggage carousel. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. same as merry-go-round.
Syn. -- merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who carouses; a reveler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] Brisk; lively; bold; self-complacent. [ Scot. ] Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. sing. & pl. [ Prob. after the analogy of mouse, mice, fr. the earlier grice, OF. griesche meor hen: cf. F. piegrièche shrike. ] (Zool.) Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family Tetraonidæ, and subfamily Tetraoninæ, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. They have plump bodies, strong, well-feathered legs, and usually mottled plumage. The group includes the ptarmigans (Lagopus), having feathered feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Among the European species are the red grouse (Lagopus Scoticus) and the hazel grouse (Bonasa betulina). See Capercaidzie, Ptarmigan, and Heath grouse. Among the most important American species are the ruffed grouse, or New England partridge (Bonasa umbellus); the sharp-tailed grouse (Pediocætes phasianellus) of the West; the dusky blue, or pine grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) of the Rocky Mountains; the Canada grouse, or spruce partridge (D. Canadensis). See also Prairie hen, and Sage cock. The Old World sand grouse (Pterocles, etc.) belong to a very different family. See Pterocletes, and Sand grouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To seek or shoot grouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To complain or grumble; as, employees grousing about their incompetent boss. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

n. (Dredging, Pile Driving, etc.) A pointed timber attached to a boat and sliding vertically, to thrust into the ground as a means of anchorage. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. [ Perhaps the same word as rouse to start up, “buckle to.” ] (Naut.) To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. D. roes drunkeness, icel. rūss, Sw. rus, G. rauchen, and also E. rouse, v.t., rush, v.i. Cf. Row a disturbance. ] 1. A bumper in honor of a toast or health. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fill the cup, and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Roused p. pr. & vb. n. Rousing. ] [ Probably of Scan. origin; cf. Sw. rusa to rush, Dan. ruse, AS. hreósan to fall, rush. Cf. Rush, v. ] 1. To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like wild boars late roused out of the brakes. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rouse the fleet hart, and cheer the opening hound. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To excite to lively thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions. [ 1913 Webster ]

To rouse up a people, the most phlegmatic of any in Christendom. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blustering winds, which all night long
Had roused the sea. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To raise; to make erect. [ Obs. ] Spenser. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To get or start up; to rise. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Night's black agents to their preys do rouse. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To awake from sleep or repose. [ 1913 Webster ]

Morpheus rouses from his bed. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be exited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, rouses. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something very exciting or great. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Brewing) A stirrer in a copper for boiling wort. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Trousers. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Cloth or material for making trousers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ OF. trousses breeches worn by pages, from trousse, trosse, a bundle, a truss. See Truss, and cf. Trossers, Trouse. ] A garment worn by men and boys, extending from the waist to the knee or to the ankle, and covering each leg separately. [ 1913 Webster ]