Vocabulary : Wassail to Wasteful
Wassail : An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one. ;; An occasion on which such good wishes are expressed in drinking; a drinking bout; a carouse. ;; 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. ;; A festive or drinking song or glee. ;; Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; as, a wassail bowl. ;; To hold a wassail; to carouse.Wassailer : One who drinks wassail; one who engages in festivity, especially in drinking; a reveler.
Wast : The second person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, imperfect tense; -- now used only in solemn or poetical style. See Was.
Wastage : Loss by use, decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like; waste.
Waste : Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea. ;; Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless. ;; Lying unused; unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse; rejected; as, waste land; waste paper. ;; Lost for want of occupiers or use; superfluous. ;; To bring to ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy. ;; To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out. ;; To spend unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ prodigally; to expend without valuable result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish vainly; to squander; to cause to be lost; to destroy by scattering or injury. ;; To damage, impair, or injure, as an estate, voluntarily, or by suffering the buildings, fences, etc., to go to decay. ;; To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less. ;; To procure or sustain a reduction of f
