- wassail bout
- wassail bout nounA carouse• • •Main Entry: ↑wassail
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Wassail — Was sail, n. [AS. wes h[=a]l (or an equivalent form in another dialect) be in health, which was the form of drinking a health. The form wes is imperative. See {Was}, and {Whole}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An ancient expression of good wishes on a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wassail — n. & v. archaic n. 1 a festive occasion; a drinking bout. 2 a kind of liquor drunk on such an occasion. v.intr. make merry; celebrate with drinking etc. Phrases and idioms: wassail bowl (or cup) a bowl or cup from which healths were drunk, esp.… … Useful english dictionary
bout — Synonyms and related words: Chinese boxing, Olympic games, Olympics, arsis, bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bat, beat, bender, binge, boxing, boxing match, bust, carousal, carouse, celebration, chance, circle, circuit, close fighting,… … Moby Thesaurus
wassail — Synonyms and related words: bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bat, bender, binge, bout, bust, carousal, carouse, celebration, compotation, debauch, drinking bout, drunk, drunken carousal, frolic, guzzle, hell, high jinks, jag, orgy, potation … Moby Thesaurus
wassail — n 1. toast, pledge, salute, salutation, cheer. 2. drinking bout, brannigan, drunk, potation, compotation, bouse, guzzle, drunken carouse or revel, bacchanal, bacchanalia; spree, fling, bout, romp, carouse, carousal, revel; All Sl. binge, bender,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
wassail — n. Carousal, revelry, revels, saturnalia, debauch, orgies, potation, compotation, convivial entertainment, jollification, drunken bout … New dictionary of synonyms
drinking-bout — n. Carouse, carousal, revel, revelry, jollification, bacchanals, saturnalia, debauch, compotation, wassail, orgies, spree (colloq.) … New dictionary of synonyms
drinking bout — n spree, fling, carouse, carousal, revel, revelry, wassail, celebration, Scot. randy; orgy, debauch, saturnalia; drunk, potation, compotation, guzzle, drunken carousal or revelry, bacchanal, bacchanalia; All Sl. binge, bender, bust, toot, tear,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
compotation — n. 1. Pot companionship, tippling in company, drinking together. 2. Revelling, revelry, conviviality, carousing, wassailing, frolicking, jollification. 3. Revel, debauch, bacchanals, saturnalia, wassail, orgies, carouse, carousal, drinking bout,… … New dictionary of synonyms
lamb's wool — Wassail Was sail, n. [AS. wes h[=a]l (or an equivalent form in another dialect) be in health, which was the form of drinking a health. The form wes is imperative. See {Was}, and {Whole}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An ancient expression of good wishes on… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
