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Cosa (chi) è WASSAIL - definizione

ALCOHOLIC MULLED CIDER

Wassail Bowl; Wassle; Wassails; Wossayl; Lamb's wool (drink); Lamb's-wool(Drink)

wassail

Web-based Augustana Student Survey Assessment of Information Literacy (WASSAIL); Web-based Augustana Student Survey Assessment of Information Literacy

n.

Carousal, revelry, revels, saturnalia, debauch, orgies, potation, compotation, convivial entertainment, jollification, drunken bout.

wassail

Web-based Augustana Student Survey Assessment of Information Literacy (WASSAIL); Web-based Augustana Student Survey Assessment of Information Literacy

['w?se?l, 'w?s(?)l, 'wa-]

archaic

¦ noun

1. spiced ale or mulled wine drunk during celebrations for Twelfth Night and Christmas Eve.

2. lively festivities involving the drinking of much alcohol.

¦ verb

1. make merry with much alcohol.

2. [usu. as noun wassailing] go from house to house at Christmas singing carols.

Derivatives

wassailer noun

Origin

ME w?s h?il 'be in (good) health!': from ON ves heill (cf. hail²).

Wassail

Web-based Augustana Student Survey Assessment of Information Literacy (WASSAIL); Web-based Augustana Student Survey Assessment of Information Literacy

·noun A festive or drinking song or glee.

II. Wassail ·vi To hold a wassail; to Carouse.

III. Wassail ·adj Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; as, a wassail bowl.

IV. Wassail ·noun An occasion on which such good wishes are expressed in drinking; a drinking bout; a carouse.

V. Wassail ·noun An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one.

VI. Wassail ·noun The liquor used for a wassail; ·esp., a beverage formerly much used in England at Christmas and other festivals, made of ale (or wine) flavored with spices, sugar, toast, roasted apples, ·etc.;

- called also lamb's wool.

Wikipedia

Wassail

Wassail (, WOSS-əl, -⁠ayl, most likely from Old Norse "ves heill") is a beverage made from hot mulled cider, ale, or wine and spices, drunk traditionally as an integral part of wassailing, an ancient English Yuletide drinking ritual and salutation either involved in door-to-door charity-giving or used to ensure a good harvest the following year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassail

Esempi dal corpus di testo per WASSAIL

1. The term wassail derives from the Old English wes hal, which means "be in good health". All of which is very charming, but in many ways wassailing‘s legacy lives on.

2. The children received "drums, trumpets and books". And so to Twelfth Night, to be marked by wassail songs around the tallest apple tree in the orchard and the dousing of its roots with cider for good luck.

3. "If you lived in Yosemite, you want to be a part of the Bracebridge," said the photographer‘s son, 73–year–old Michael Adams, who has moonlighted as villager and wassail bearer over the years.

4. Its chorus has an uplifting antidote to Lehrer‘s cynicism: "Love and joy come to you / And to you your wassail too / And God bless you and send you a happy new year." Wassailing is an Anglo–Saxon tradition adapted from Nordic origins.

5. The demand for figgy pudding in We Wish You a Merry Christmas is accompanied by the more sinister threat, "We won‘t go until we get some." The wassail drink served on these occasions comprised an intriguing melange of mulled ale, curdled cream, roasted apples, eggs, cloves, ginger, nutmeg and sugar.