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.