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Wassail

/ˈwæsl/

A toast to health, usually on a festive occasion.

📖 Definitions of "Wassail"

noun
  1. 1

    A toast to health, usually on a festive occasion.

  2. 2

    The beverage served during a wassail, especially one made of ale or wine flavoured with spices, sugar, roasted apples, etc.

  3. 3

    Revelry.

  4. 4

    A festive or drinking song or glee.

verb
  1. 1

    To toast, to drink to the health of another.

    "The next morning he much regretted the gusto with which he had wassailed the night before."

  2. 2

    To drink wassail.

  3. 3

    To go from house to house at Christmastime, singing carols.

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