- (n.) An occasion on which such good wishes are expressed in drinking; a drinking bout; a carouse.
- (v.i.) To hold a wassail; to carouse.
- (n.) An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one.
- (n.) The liquor used for a wassail; especially, 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.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to wassail or to a wassail; convivial; as, a wassail bowl.
- (n.) A festive or drinking song or glee.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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