wassail cup (wosalkup)

A cup from which wa ail was drunk. wa ailer (wos'āl-ér), n. One who takes part in a wa ail or drinking-bout. The rudene and swilled insolence Of such late wa ailers . Milton , Comus, 1. 179. wa ail-horn (wos'al-horn), n. A drinking horn of the middle ages. The name is taken from the appearance of the word wa ail in the silver-gilt mounting of an ancient horn preserved at Queen's College, Oxford. wa el, n. and v. See wa ail .