| 单词 | wassail |
| 释义 | wassail n. & v. archaic --n 1. a festive occasion; a drinking-bout. 2. a kind of liquor drunk on such an occasion. --vintr. 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) |
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