wassailing

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noun

The act of performing a wassail.

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Meanings

nounwassailing (plural wassailings)

plural wassailings

  1. The act of performing a wassail.

    I had rather kiss you than the tumbler, my dear / If there’s death in the cup, let us kiss before bier. / Our lips close with a cling / Undespondingly bring, / Then two happiest pairs to a good wassailing.

    1898, “Canto VII.”, in an Apologist, editor, The Epic of Humanity; or, The Quest of the Ideal, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., […], →OCLC, page 382
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of wassail
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APA

wassailing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wassailing

MLA

“wassailing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wassailing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wassailing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wassailing.

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