Dictionary entry

Wassail (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Was″sail, a. Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; as, a wassail bowl. “Awassail candle, my lord, all tallow.” Shak.

Wassail bowl, a bowl in which wassail was mixed, and placed upon the table. “Spiced wassail bowl.” J. Fletcher. “When the cloth was removed, the butler brought in a huge silver vessel... Its appearance was hailed with acclamation, being the wassail bowl so renowned in Christmas festivity.” W. Irving.Wassail cup, a cup from which wassail was drunk.