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Wassailing - English meaning

Wassailing – definitions in English dictionary

verb

Drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way.

Usage examples:

He feasted and wassailed with his warriors
verb

Go from house to house at christmas singing carols.

Usage examples:

Here we go a-wassailing
noun

Spiced ale or mulled wine drunk during celebrations for twelfth night and christmas eve.

Usage examples:

A mighty bowl of wassail in which the apples were hissing and bubbling

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航行

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Zeilde

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Naviguait

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Segelte

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नाव खे रहा था

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Stava navigando

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항해

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Плавание

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Estaba navegando

Word origin

Middle English wæs hæil ‘be in (good) health!’: from Old Norse ves heill (compare with hail2). The drinking formula wassail (and the reply drinkhail ‘drink good health’) were probably introd

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Wassailing – similar words

wassailer

noun

Especially in the past, a person who takes part in the activity of going from house to house at christmas time singing carols (= christmas songs), traditionally drinking wassail (= warm beer or wine with spices added)

Usage examples:

As alcohol was involved, wassailers often got too rowdy., cider is poured over the roots of the tre…
Wassailer - all meanings in English

wassailed

verb

Drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way.

Usage examples:

He feasted and wassailed with his warriors
noun

Spiced ale or mulled wine drunk during celebrations for twelfth night and christmas eve.

Usage examples:

A mighty bowl of wassail in which the apples were hissing and bubbling
Wassailed - all meanings in English

wassail

noun

Spiced ale or mulled wine drunk during celebrations for twelfth night and christmas eve.

Usage examples:

A mighty bowl of wassail in which the apples were hissing and bubbling
verb

Drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way.

Usage examples:

He feasted and wassailed with his warriors
noun

Especially in the past, warmed beer or wine with spices added that is drunk at christmas time, usually from a large bowl

Usage examples:

By the middle ages, the practice of sharing a giant bowl of wassail evolved from a holiday celebrat…
Wassail - all meanings in English

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