wassail
IPA: vʌsˈeɪɫ
noun
- A toast to health, usually on a festive occasion.
- The beverage served during a wassail, especially one made of ale or wine flavoured with spices, sugar, roasted apples, etc.
- Revelry.
- A festive or drinking song or glee.
verb
- (transitive) To toast, to drink to the health of another.
- (intransitive) To drink wassail.
- To go from house to house at Christmastime, singing carols.
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Examples of "wassail" in Sentences
- But today, after this short note, I will be rejoining the ongoing wassail.
- The name may also come from byg wassail, byg being the Norse term for barley.
- The modern day Apple Wassail is often used as an excuse to drink vast quantities of cider and party all night.
- It is presumed the agent was successful as there are no reports that either Hillary or Monica tried to dunk the other's head in the wassail bowl.