Wassail

1. v. i. To hold a wassail; to carouse.
2. n. An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one.
3. n. An occasion on which such good wishes are expressed in drinking; a drinking bout; a carouse.
4. n. 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.
5. n. A festive or drinking song or glee.
6. a. Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; as, a wassail bowl.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.