| 单词 | wassail |
| 释义 | wassail —wassailer, n. /wos"euhl, -ayl, was"-, wo sayl"/, n. 1. a salutation wishing health to a person, used in England in early times when presenting a cup of drink or when drinking to the person. 2. a festivity or revel with drinking of healths. 3. liquor for drinking and wishing health to others on festive occasions, esp. spiced ale, as on Christmas Eve and Twelfth-night. 4. Archaic. a song sung in wassailing. v.i. 5. to revel with drinking. v.t. 6. to drink to the health or success of; toast. [1175-1225; ME was-hail, equiv. to was be (OE waes, var. of wes, impv. of wesan to be; akin to WAS) + hail HALE1, in good health ( < ON heill hale); r. OE waes hal be hale or whole. See WHOLE, HEAL] |
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