Definitions for wassail
ˈwɒs əl, -eɪl, ˈwæs-, wɒˈseɪlwas·sail

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. wassailverb

   a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas

2. revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassailverb

   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!"

3. toast, drink, pledge, salute, wassailverb

   propose a toast to

   "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wassailnoun

   A toast to health, usually at a festival.

2. wassailnoun

   The beverage served during a wassail.

3. wassailnoun

   Revelry.

4. wassailverb

   To toast, to drink to the health of another.

5. wassailverb

   To drink wassail.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wassailnoun

   Etymology: from wæs hœl , your health, Saxon.

   1. A liquour made of apples, sugar, and ale, anciently much used by English goodfellows.2. A drunken bout.

   The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse,
   Keeps wassail, and the swagg’ring upspring reels. William Shakespeare.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wassail

   Wassail (, WOSS-əl, -⁠ayl, most likely from Old Norse "ves heill") is a beverage made from hot mulled cider, ale, or wine and spices, drunk traditionally as an integral part of wassailing, an ancient English Christmastide drinking ritual and salutation either involved in door-to-door charity-giving or used to ensure a good harvest the following year.

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1. wassail

   Wassail is a traditional British ritual or festivity, usually celebrated during Christmas or New Year, involving drinking and merrymaking. It also refers to the spiced alcoholic beverage, typically made of mulled cider, wine or ale, that is consumed during this celebration. The term wassail is taken from the Middle English phrase 'waes hael', meaning 'be well' or 'be in good health'.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Wassailnoun

   an ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one

2. Wassailnoun

   an occasion on which such good wishes are expressed in drinking; a drinking bout; a carouse

3. Wassailnoun

   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

4. Wassailnoun

   a festive or drinking song or glee

5. Wassailadjective

   of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; as, a wassail bowl

6. Wassailverb

   to hold a wassail; to carouse

7. Etymology: [AS. wes hl (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.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wassail

   Wassail refers both to the salute 'Waes Hail' and to the drink of wassail, a hot mulled cider traditionally drunk as an integral part of wassailing, an ancient southern English drinking ritual intended to ensure a good cider apple harvest the following year.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Wassail

   wos′āl, n. the salutation uttered in drinking a person's health, a festive occasion: a drunken bout: a liquor consisting of ale with roasted apples, sugar, nutmeg, and toast, once much used on festive occasions.—v.i. to hold a wassail or merry drinking-meeting: to drink to the health of.—ns. Wass′ail-bout, a carouse; Wass′ail-bowl, -cup, a cup from which healths were drunk; Wass′ailer, one who wassails or drinks wassail: a reveller. [A.S. wes hál, 'may you be in health,' the salutation used in pledging another, which the Normans transferred to mean 'a carousal.']

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wassail in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wassail in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=wassail
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wassail
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=wassail
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassail
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wassail
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=wassail
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=wassail