Definition of "wassailing" [wassailing]

• Present participle of wassail. (verb)

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• "To go out singing from door to door at Christmas is called wassailing -- a relic of the ancient time when wassail was a common word."
• "This is called "wassailing" the trees, and is thought by some to be "a relic of the heathen sacrifice to Pomona.""
• "A very old custom was that of "wassailing" the fruit trees on"