wassail
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- noun
- /ˈwɔːseɪl/
- Archaic
:
aguardiente
- We have a tradition of Wassail during the holidays, and they all look forward to it because that was about the only juice we had (other than what they got by eating the fruit of tree and vine).
- wassail bowl
- serving wassail
Examples
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At the holiday party, everyone gathered around the fireplace with a cup of warm wassail in hand.
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The traditional Yule Log Ceremony with carol singing around the bonfire and a cauldron of wassail begins at 4:15 p.m.
Blog text (8) -
♪ Love and Joy come to you, And to you your wassail too ♪ And God bless you and send you a Happy New Year ♪
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He sat with the women and chatted and laughed; drank his wassail and fed the fire.
Fiction book (2000) -
This particular evening she'd made the season's first wassail - the house was saturated with a fragrance out of some uptown boutique.
Fiction book (2000) -
During the Christmas celebration, they served hot wassail spiced with cinnamon and cloves.
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As the snow fell outside, they toasted with friendly cheers while sharing their delicious wassail.
Synonyms
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3.9
A drink made from wine heated with spices and served warm in winter
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3.6
A hot drink made by warming sweet apple juice with spices and orange slices
A warm spiced drink made from wine or beer with bread and eggs for sick people
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wassail comes from an old greeting wes hál that meant 'be healthy'. Because people said this toast over a hot, spiced drink at Christmas, the drink itself became known as wassail.