'Wassail bowl' definitions:

Definition of 'Wassail bowl'

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  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]