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wassails

wassails is the plural of wassail.

wassails is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wassail.

Meaning of wassail

Noun

wassail (countable and uncountable, plural wassails)

  1. A toast to health, usually on a festive occasion.
  2. The beverage served during a wassail, especially one made of ale or wine flavoured with spices, sugar, roasted apples, etc.
    • Add ſugar, nutmeg and ginger, / VVith ſtore of ale too; / And thus ye muſt doe / To make the vvaſſaile a ſvvinger.1648, Robert Herrick, “Twelfe Night, or King and Queene”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas]...
  3. Revelry.
    • In merry wassail he […] peals his loud song.1813, Walter Scott, “(please specify the page)”, in Rokeby; a Poem, Edinburgh: […] [F]or John Ballantyne and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; by James Ballantyne and Co., […]...
  4. A festive or drinking song or glee.
    • Have you done your wassail? 'Tis a handsome, drowsy ditty, I'll assure you.1606, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Woman-Hater”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please specify the...

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What is wassails the plural of?
Wassails is the plural of wassail.

Words near wassails in the dictionary

  1. wassailer
  2. wassailers
  3. wassailing
  4. wassailings
  5. wassailry
  6. wassails
  7. Wassamasaw
  8. wassamatta
  9. wassamatter
  10. wassap
  11. wassat

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