| Rouse (rouse) |
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| v. i. *** t. | (rouz or rous) |
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| Rouse |
| [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.
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| Rouse (rouse) |
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| n. | (rouz) |
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| Rouse |
| [Cf. D. roes
drunkeness, icel. r&?]ss, Sw. rus, G. rauchen,
and also E. rouse, v.t., rush, v.i. Cf. Row a
disturbance.] |
A bumper in honor of a toast or
health.
A carousal; a festival; a drinking
frolic.
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To cause to
start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or
other animal of the chase.
To wake from sleep or repose; as, to
rouse one early or suddenly.
To excite to lively thought or action from
a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to
rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions.
To put in motion; to stir up; to
agitate.
To raise; to make erect.
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To
get or start up; to rise.
To awake from sleep or repose.
To be exited to thought or action from a
state of indolence or inattention.
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