Wassail

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A festive or drinking song or glee.

II. Wassail ·vi To hold a wassail; to Carouse.

III. Wassail ·adj Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; as, a wassail bowl.

IV. Wassail ·noun An occasion on which such good wishes are expressed in drinking; a drinking bout; a carouse.

V. Wassail ·noun An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one.

VI. Wassail ·noun 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.