WASSAIL

Wassail

Wassail refers both to the salute 'Waes Hail' and to the drink of wassail, a hot mulled cider traditionally drunk as an integral part of wassailing, an ancient southern English drinking ritual intended to ensure a good cider apple harvest the following year.

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wassail

Noun

  1. A toast to health, usually at a festival.
  2. The beverage served during a wassail, especially one made of ale or wine flavoured with spices, sugar, roasted apples, etc.
  3. Revelry.
  4. A festive or drinking song or glee.

Verb

  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. To drink wassail.
  3. To go from house to house at Christmastime, singing carols.


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