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Definition of Wassail bowl

Wassail bowl
Wassail 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.

Meaning of Wassail bowl from wikipedia

- W****ail (/ˈwɒsəl/, /-eɪl/ WOSS-əl, -⁠ayl, most likely from Old Norse "ves heill") is a beverage made from hot mulled cider, ale, or wine and ****es, drunk...
- w****ail. The house-visiting w****ail is the practice of people going door-to-door, singing and offering a drink from the w****ail bowl in exchange for gifts;...
- drink from his w****ail bowl or a penny or a pork pie or, let them stand for a few minutes beside the warmth of his hearth. The w****ail bowl itself was a...
- The Gloucestershire W****ail, also known as "W****ail! W****ail! All Over the Town", "The W****ailing Bowl" and "W****ail Song" is an English Christmas carol...
- referred to as "howling". On Twelfth Night, men would go with their w****ail bowl into the orchard and go about the trees. Slices of bread or toast were...
- Plum Pudding; the slender figure of W****ail with her fount of perpetual youth; a 'tricksy spirit' who bears the bowl and is on the best of terms with the...
- The Whimple W****ail is an orchard-visiting w****ail ceremony which takes place in the Devon village of Whimple annually every Old Twelfth Night (January...
- The Mari Lwyd (Welsh: Y Fari Lwyd, [ə ˈvaːri ˈlʊi̯d] ) is a w****ailing folk custom found in South Wales. The tradition entails the use of an eponymous...
- Chertsey Church", which was published by Albert Richard Smith in The W****ail-Bowl, Vol. II., in 1843. In Smith's account, the young woman, Blanche Heriot...
- Love's Legacy (1996) "The Heirloom" in Timeswept Brides (1996) "The W****ail Bowl" in A Regency Christmas Feast (1996)*** "The Bond Street Carolers" in...