WASSAIL
\wˈɒse͡ɪl], \wˈɒseɪl], \w_ˈɒ_s_eɪ_l]\
Definitions of WASSAIL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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!"
By Princeton University
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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!"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A festive or drinking song or glee.
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Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; as, a wassail bowl.
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To hold a wassail; to carouse.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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A festive or drinking song or glee.
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Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; as, a wassail bowl.
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To hold a wassail; to carouse.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To hold a merry drinking meeting: to attend at wassails: to tope. "Spending all the day, and a good part of the night, in dancing, carolling, and wassailing."-Sir P. Sidney.
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Of, pertaining to, or connected with wassail or festivities: convivial: as, a wassail candle, that is, a large candle used at wassails or feasts. Shak.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo-Saxon]An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to one; —a festive season ; roystering festivity ; —a liquor composed of wine or ale, sugar, nutmeg, and roasted apples ;- a song or glee sung at a festive gathering.
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