- a salutation wishing health to a person, used in England in early times when presenting a cup of drink or when drinking to the person.
- a festivity or revel with drinking of healths.
- liquor for drinking and wishing health to others on festive occasions, especially spiced ale, as on Christmas Eve and Twelfth-night.
- a song sung in wassailing.
- to revel with drinking.
- to drink to the health or success of; toast.
- (formerly) a toast or salutation made to a person at festivities
- a festivity when much drinking takes place
- alcoholic drink drunk at such a festivity, esp spiced beer or mulled wine
- the singing of Christmas carols, going from house to house
- a drinking song
- to drink the health of (a person) at a wassail
- to go from house to house singing carols at Christmas
