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Traditional Yuletide quaff
Answer for the clue "Traditional Yuletide quaff ", 7 letters:
wassail
Alternative clues for the word wassail
Word definitions for wassail in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas v. celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's ...
Usage examples of wassail.
Jesu our alther liege Lord to leave their wassailing for there was above one quick with child, a gentle dame, whose time hied fast.
Nevertheless, they go through the motions, set out a wassail bowl, paper cups depicting Santa Claus in various postures of levity, a herd of wax reindeer, and a university record player on which Toveh Botkin, music committee, keeps up a stream of modal progressions insisting glad tidings of great joy.
Christmas celebration, no more than wassailing does or wishing on a Christmas pudding.
As he planted a smacking buss upon her cheek, Melyssan saw that it was Sir Dreyfan, the face beneath his grizzled beard flushed from too much wassailing, a crown of holly tipped over his brow.
When it was unlocked, there emerged three non-collaborating Nellies, the four missing members of the kitchen staff, one business efficiency consultant, and a very angry Wassail Master.
The bishop's envoy was drinking more than either of them, beckoning constantly to Rosemund to bring him the wassail bowl, his gestures growing broader and less clear with every drink.
Firelight would glint on bottles of home made wine, and on the great bowl that waited for the spices and hot wine of the wassail cup.
If they are to feed their children, the dunnhie wassails must go and work their lands.