wassail









wassail


noun

  1. a salutation wishing health to a person, used in England in early times when presenting a cup of drink or when drinking to the person.
  2. a festivity or revel with drinking of healths.
  3. liquor for drinking and wishing health to others on festive occasions, especially spiced ale, as on Christmas Eve and Twelfth-night.
  4. Archaic. a song sung in wassailing.
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