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wassail
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wassail
v.
drink to the health of; drink or give a wassail; sing carols from house to house at Christmas
n.
celebratory toast; celebratory party, feast; alcoholic beverages drunk at a celebration (especially mulled ale or wine)
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Wassail
Wassail (Old Norse "ves heil", Old English was hál, literally 'be you healthy') is a beverage of hot mulled cider, traditionally drunk as an integral part of wassailing, a Medieval German drinking ritual intended to ensure a good cider apple harvest the following year. The name comes from the salute 'Waes Hail', first used as a simple greeting. The later Danish-speaking inhabitants of England seem to have turned "was hail", and the reply "drink hail", into a drinking formula adopted widely by the indigenous population of England.
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wassail
Noun
1. a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas
(hypernym) punch
(derivation) toast, drink, pledge, salute
Verb
1. celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!"
(synonym) revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify
(hypernym) celebrate, fete
(hyponym) carouse, roister, riot
(derivation) wassailer, carouser
2. propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year"
(synonym) toast, drink, pledge, salute
(hypernym) honor, honour, reward
(hyponym) give
(entail) drink, booze, fuddle
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Wassail
(v. i.)
To hold a wassail; to carouse.
To hold a wassail; to carouse.
(n.)
The liquor used for a wassail; esp., a beverage formerly much used in England at Christmas and other festivals, made of ale (or wine) flavored with spices, sugar, toast, roasted apples, etc.; -- called also lamb's wool.
The liquor used for a wassail; esp., a beverage formerly much used in England at Christmas and other festivals, made of ale (or wine) flavored with spices, sugar, toast, roasted apples, etc.; -- called also lamb's wool.
(n.)
An occasion on which such good wishes are expressed in drinking; a drinking bout; a carouse.
An occasion on which such good wishes are expressed in drinking; a drinking bout; a carouse.
(n.)
An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one.
An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one.
(n.)
A festive or drinking song or glee.
A festive or drinking song or glee.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; as, a wassail bowl.
Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; as, a wassail bowl.
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wassail
Synonyms and related words:
bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bat, bender, binge, bout, bust, carousal, carouse, celebration, compotation, debauch, drinking bout, drunk, drunken carousal, frolic, guzzle, hell, high jinks, jag, orgy, potation, pub-crawl, revel, revelment, riot, roister, skylarking, soak, spree, symposium, tear, toot, whoopee
bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bat, bender, binge, bout, bust, carousal, carouse, celebration, compotation, debauch, drinking bout, drunk, drunken carousal, frolic, guzzle, hell, high jinks, jag, orgy, potation, pub-crawl, revel, revelment, riot, roister, skylarking, soak, spree, symposium, tear, toot, whoopee
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