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wassail

გამოთქმა: /ˈwɒseɪl, ˈwɒs(ə)l, ˈwa-/

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Universal
  • spiced ale or mulled wine drunk during celebrations for Twelfth Night and Christmas Eve: a mighty bowl of wassail in which the apples were hissing and bubbling
  • lively and noisy festivities involving the drinking of plentiful amounts of alcohol; revelry: I arrived in Eastcheap, that ancient region of wit and wassail

ზმნა

Universal
  • 1drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way: he feasted and wassailed with his warriors
  • [with object] historical (in SW England) drink to (fruit trees, typically apple trees) in a custom intended to ensure a fruitful crop: it is the custom, in the cider districts of Sussex, to wassail the apple trees
  • 2go from house to house at Christmas singing carols:here we go a-wassailing

wassailer

noun

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