Толковый словарь английского языка - wassail
Wassail
wassail
I. noun see: was Date: 12th century an early English toast to someone's health, a hot drink that is made with wine, beer, or cider, spices, sugar, and usually baked apples and is traditionally served in a large bowl especially at Christmastime, riotous drinking ; revelry , II. verb Date: 14th century intransitive verb to indulge in ~ ; carouse , to sing carols from house to house at Christmas, transitive verb to drink to the health or thriving of
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n. & v. archaic --n. 1 a festive occasion; a drinking-bout. 2 a kind of liquor drunk on such an occasion. --v.intr. make merry; celebrate with drinking etc. Phrases and idioms wassail-bowl (or -cup) a bowl or cup from which healths were drunk, esp. on Christmas Eve and Twelfth Night. Derivatives wassailer n. Etymology: ME w{aelig}s h{aelig}il etc. f. ON ves heill, corresp. to OE wes hal 'be in health', a form of salutation: cf. HALE(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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