Wassail

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A salutation or toast given in drinking someone's health or as an expression of goodwill at a festivity.
  • n. The drink used in such toasting, commonly ale or wine spiced with roasted apples and sugar.
  • n. A festivity characterized by much drinking.
  • v. To drink to the health of; toast.
  • verb-intransitive. To engage in or drink a wassail.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A toast to health, usually at a festival.
  • n. The beverage served during a wassail.
  • n. Revelry.
  • v. To toast, to drink to the health of another.
  • v. To drink wassail.
  • v. To go from house to house at Christmastime, singing carols.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one.
  • n. An occasion on which such good wishes are expressed in drinking; a drinking bout; a 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.
  • n. A festive or drinking song or glee.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial.
  • verb-intransitive. To hold a wassail; to carouse.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The salutation, toast, or form of words in which healths were formerly pledged in drinking, equivalent to ‘health,’ or ‘your good health,’ now in use.
  • n. A festive occasion or meeting where drinking and pledging of healths are indulged in; festivities; a drinking-bout; a carouse.
  • n. The liquor used on such occasions; specifically, ale, mixed with a smaller amount of wine, sweetened and flavored with spices, fruit, etc.
  • n. A merry drinking-song.
  • n. Synonyms Revel, Debauch, etc. See carousal.
  • To drink to the health or prosperity of: as, to wassail the apple (an old custom on Christmas eve).
  • To drink healths; carouse.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities
  • n. a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas
  • v. propose a toast to
  • Verb Form
    wassailed    wassailing    wassails   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    punch   
    Variant
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    carouse    convivial   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    debauch    saturnalia    revelry    carouse    revel    jamboree    jollification    larrikin    joviality    gladnesse