To pull by main strength; to haul.
To wake (someone) or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy.
To provoke (someone) to action or anger.
To cause, stir up, excite (a feeling, thought, etc.).
To cause to start from a covert or lurking place.
To tell off; to criticise.
An arousal.
The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse.
A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.
An official ceremony over drinks.
Wine or other liquor considered an inducement to mirth or drunkenness; a full glass; a bumper.
to drive strongly
to arrest
To harass, to treat in a rough way.
to rout out of bed; to rouse
A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.