roister : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: roister	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for roister
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roister v engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking; "They were out carousing last night" Synonym(s): carouse, roister, riot
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roister \Roist"er\, n. See {Roisterer}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roister \Roist"er\, v. i. [Probably fr. F. rustre boor, a clown, clownish, fr. L. rustucus rustic. See {Rustic}.] To bluster; to swagger; to bully; to be bold, noisy, vaunting, or turbulent. I have a roisting challenge sent amongst The dull and factious nobles of the Greeks. --Shak.