Look up: Wassail


  1. wassail
    [n] - a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=wassail

  2. Wassail
    Was'sail noun [ Anglo-Saxon wes hāl (or an equivalent form in another dialect) be in health, which was the form of drinking a health. The form wes is imperative. See Was , and Whole .] 1. An ancient expression ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/10

  3. Wassail
    Was'sail adjective Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; as, a wassail bowl. 'A wassail candle, my lord, all tallow.' Shak. Wassail bowl , a bowl in which wassail was mixed, and placed upon the table.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/10

  4. Wassail
    Was'sail intransitive verb To hold a wassail; to carouse. « Spending all the day, and good part of the night, in dancing, caroling, and wassailing Sir P. Sidney.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/10

  5. wassail
    1. An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one. 'Geoffrey of Monmouth relates, on the authority of Walter Calenius, that this lady [Rowena], the daughter of Hengist, knelt down on the approach of the king, and, presenting him with a cup of wine, exc...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?wassail

  6. wassail
    noun a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=wassail

  7. Wassail
    • (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...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/wassail/

  8. Wassail
    The word Wassail refers to several related traditions; first and foremost wassailing is an ancient southern English tradition that is performed with the intention of ensuring a good crop of cider apples for the next year`s harvest. It also refers to both the salute `Waes Hail`, the term itself is a...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassail

  9. Wassail
    Wassail is a full-bodied draught and bottled beer from Ballard's, Sussex.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/QW.HTM

  10. wassail
    spiced ale served at Christmas
    Found op http://charlesdickenspage.com/glossary.html

  11. wassail
    1) Christmas drink 2) Holiday revelry 3) Punch 4) Revelry 5) Toast 6) Toast for the holidays 7) Unbuttered toast at christmas 8) Yuletide drink 9) Yuletide toast
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/wassail/1

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