The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wassail cup
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.
Usage examples of "wassail cup".
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.