wassail-bowln.
/ˈwɒseɪlbəʊl/, /ˈwɒslbəʊl/, /ˈwaseɪlbəʊl/, /ˈwaslbəʊl/, U.S. /ˈwɑsəlˌboʊl/, /ˈwɑˌseɪlˌboʊl/ A large bowl or cup in which wassail (sense 2) was made and from which healths were drunk; a loving-cup; also the liquor contained in the bowl.
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1606 G. Chapman Sir Gyles Goosecappe ii. i. sig. D3v Hee is a most excellent Turner, and will turne you wassel-bowles, and posset Cuppes.
1608–9 Shuttleworths' Acc. (Chetham Soc.) 179 Given to the maides which came with the wassell-boule, xijd.
?1610 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse v. sig. I1v Some neere towne,..Hath drawne them thether, bout some lusty sport; Or spiced wassal Boule.
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. S8 Thy Wassaile bowle, That's tost up after Fox i' th'Hole..; thy Christmas revellings.
1661 S. Pepys Diary 26 Dec. (1970) II. 239 We went into an alehouse and there..a Washeall-bowle woman and girl came to us and sung to us.
a1697 J. Aubrey Remaines Gentilisme & Judaisme (1881) 40 They goe into the Ox-house to the oxen, with the Wassell-bowle and drink to the ox.
1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. xvi. 195 Young Women went about with a Wassail-bowl, that is, a Bowl of spiced Ale on New Year's Eve.
1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xv. 36 A mighty wassell bowl he took, And crown'd it high with wine.
1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 117 A huge silver vessel of rare and curious workmanship..the Wassail Bowl, so renowned in Christmas festivity.
1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 118 The Wassail Bowl was sometimes composed of ale instead of wine; with nutmeg, sugar, toast, ginger, and roasted crabs.
1860 G. P. Morris Poems (ed. 15) 178 Some love to stroll where the wassail-boul And the wine-cups circle free.
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