'Lamb's wool' definitions:

Definition of 'Lamb's wool'

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  • Lamb \Lamb\, n. [AS. lamb; akin to D. & Dan. lam, G. & Sw. lamm, OS., Goth., & Icel. lamb.]
  • 1. (Zool.) The young of the sheep. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized. [1913 Webster]
  • Lamb of God, The Lamb (Script.), the Jesus Christ, in allusion to the paschal lamb. [1913 Webster]
  • The twelve apostles of the Lamb. --Rev. xxi. 14. [1913 Webster]
  • Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. --John i. 29.
  • Lamb's lettuce (Bot.), an annual plant with small obovate leaves (Valerianella olitoria), often used as a salad; corn salad. [Written also lamb lettuce.]
  • Lamb's tongue, a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit, for making curved grooves. --Knight.
  • Lamb's wool. (a) The wool of a lamb. (b) Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to lamb's wool. [Obs.] --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'lamb's wool'

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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 festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one. [1913 Webster]
  • Geoffrey of Monmouth relates, on the authority of Walter Calenius, that this lady [Rowena], the daughter of Hengist, knelt down on the approach of the king, and, presenting him with a cup of wine, exclaimed, Lord king waes heil, that is, literally, Health be to you. --N. Drake. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. An occasion on which such good wishes are expressed in drinking; a drinking bout; a carouse. "In merry wassail he . . . peals his loud song." --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • The king doth wake to-night and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The victors abandoned themselves to feasting and wassail. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • A jolly wassail bowl, A wassail of good ale. --Old Song. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A festive or drinking song or glee. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Have you done your wassail! 'T is a handsome, drowsy ditty, I'll assure you. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]