Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WAS'SAIL
WAS'SAIL, n. [Sax. wæs-hæl, health-liquor.]
- A liquor made of apples, sugar, and ale, formerly much used by English good-fellows. – Johnson.
- A drunken bout. – Shak.
- A merry song. – Ainsworth. [This word is unknown in America.]
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