wassail
a salutation wishing health to a person, used in England in early times when presenting a cup of drink or when drinking to the person.
a festivity or revel with drinking of healths.
liquor for drinking and wishing health to others on festive occasions, especially spiced ale, as on Christmas Eve and Twelfth-night.
Archaic. a song sung in wassailing.
to revel with drinking.
to drink to the health or success of; toast.
Origin of wassail
1Other words from wassail
- was·sail·er, noun
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How to use wassail in a sentence
We wassailed deep into that night and out the other side, and we liked our Otto more than ever.
The very ground upon which they commemoratively wassailed had been consecrated by the footsteps of the great explorer of the West.
The Quest for a Lost Race | Thomas E. Pickett
British Dictionary definitions for wassail
/ (ˈwɒseɪl) /
(formerly) a toast or salutation made to a person at festivities
a festivity when much drinking takes place
alcoholic drink drunk at such a festivity, esp spiced beer or mulled wine
the singing of Christmas carols, going from house to house
archaic a drinking song
to drink the health of (a person) at a wassail
(intr) to go from house to house singing carols at Christmas
Origin of wassail
1Derived forms of wassail
- wassailer, noun
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