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Drink

To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink from a spring.

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Verb group 6

Booze 84% connected

To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple.

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Booze 84% connected

To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple.

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Fuddle 84% connected

To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.

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Fuddle 84% connected

To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.

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Tope 84% connected

A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic.

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Tope 84% connected

A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic.

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Absorb 76% connected

To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

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Consume 76% connected

To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

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Consumption 76% connected

The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.

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Engross 76% connected

To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.

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Engulf 76% connected

To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.

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Food 76% connected

What is fed upon; that which goes to support life by being received within, and assimilated by, the organism of an animal or a plant; nutriment; alim…

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have 76% connected

of Have

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Helping 76% connected

of Help

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Honor 76% connected

Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.

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Honour 76% connected

a woman's virtue or chastity

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Immerse 76% connected

Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.

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Ingest 76% connected

To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal.

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Ingestion 76% connected

The act of taking or putting into the stomach; as, the ingestion of milk or other food.

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Intake 76% connected

The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; -- opposed to outlet.

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Intemperance 76% connected

The act of becoming, or state of being, intemperate; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passio…

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Intemperateness 76% connected

The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or drinking.

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Liquid 76% connected

Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.

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Nutrient 76% connected

Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth.

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Plunge 76% connected

To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

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Portion 76% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Reward 76% connected

To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate.

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Serving 76% connected

of Serve

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Squander 76% connected

To scatter; to disperse.

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Steep 76% connected

Bright; glittering; fiery.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Uptake 76% connected

To take into the hand; to take up; to help.

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Ware 76% connected

Wore.

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Waste 76% connected

Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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Water 76% connected

The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.

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Narrower term 39

Alcohol 76% connected

An impalpable powder.

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Chaser 76% connected

One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter.

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Chocolate 76% connected

A paste or cake composed of the roasted seeds of the Theobroma Cacao ground and mixed with other ingredients, usually sugar, and cinnamon or vanilla.

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Cider 76% connected

The expressed juice of apples. It is used as a beverage, for making vinegar, and for other purposes.

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Cocoa 76% connected

Alt. of Cocoa palm

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Coffee 76% connected

The "beans" or "berries" (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and…

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Cooler 76% connected

That which cools, or abates heat or excitement.

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Cyder 76% connected

See Cider.

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Draft 76% connected

Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

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Draught 76% connected

The act of drawing or pulling

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Fizz 76% connected

To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse.

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Float 76% connected

Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, somet…

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Gulp 76% connected

To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow.

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Hydromel 76% connected

A liquor consisting of honey diluted in water, and after fermentation called mead.

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Inebriant 76% connected

Intoxicating.

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Intoxicant 76% connected

That which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; as, alcohol, opium, and laughing gas are intoxicants.

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Java 76% connected

One of the islands of the Malay Archipelago belonging to the Netherlands.

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Libation 76% connected

The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity; also, the wine or liqu…

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Mate 76% connected

The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, a…

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Milk 76% connected

A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in…

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Mixer 76% connected

One who, or that which, mixes.

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Nightcap 76% connected

A cap worn in bed to protect the head, or in undress.

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Oenomel 76% connected

Wine mixed with honey; mead,

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Pledge 76% connected

The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between…

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Posset 76% connected

A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, as by wine, etc., -- much in favor formerly.

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Potation 76% connected

The act of drinking.

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Potion 76% connected

A draught; a dose; usually, a draught or dose of a liquid medicine.

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Refresher 76% connected

One who, or that which, refreshes.

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Sangaree 76% connected

Wine and water sweetened and spiced, -- a favorite West Indian drink.

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Shake 76% connected

obs. p. p. of Shake.

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Shandygaff 76% connected

A mixture of strong beer and ginger beer.

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Sillabub 76% connected

A dish made by mixing wine or cider with milk, and thus forming a soft curd; also, sweetened cream, flavored with wine and beaten to a stiff froth.

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Sip 76% connected

To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea.

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Swig 76% connected

To drink in long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider.

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Syllabub 76% connected

Same as Syllabub.

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Tea 76% connected

The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree (Thea, / Camellia, Chinensis). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent i…

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Tipple 76% connected

To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently…

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Toast 76% connected

To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread.

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Wish-wash 76% connected

Any weak, thin drink.

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Manner of action 26

Bib 76% connected

A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes.

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Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Claret 76% connected

The name first given in England to the red wines of Medoc, in France, and afterwards extended to all the red Bordeaux wines. The name is also given t…

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Down 76% connected

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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Guggle 76% connected

See Gurgle.

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Gulp 76% connected

To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow.

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Gurgle 76% connected

To run or flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current, as water from a bottle, or a small stream among pebbles or stones.

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Guzzle 76% connected

To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently.

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Inebriate 76% connected

To make drunk; to intoxicate.

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Kill 76% connected

A kiln.

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Lap 76% connected

The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.

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Lick 76% connected

To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.

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Pop 76% connected

A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go off with a pop.

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Port 76% connected

A dark red or purple astringent wine made in Portugal. It contains a large percentage of alcohol.

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Quaff 76% connected

To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts.

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Sip 76% connected

To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea.

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Soak 76% connected

To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the p…

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Souse 76% connected

A corrupt form of Sou.

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Suck 76% connected

To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressur…

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Swig 76% connected

To drink in long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider.

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Swill 76% connected

To wash; to drench.

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Tank 76% connected

A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.

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Tipple 76% connected

To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently…

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Wine 76% connected

The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it…

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Boozing 74% connected

of Booze

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Boozing 74% connected

of Booze

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Drinker 74% connected

One who drinks; as, the effects of tea on the drinker; also, one who drinks spirituous liquors to excess; a drunkard.

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Drinker 74% connected

One who drinks; as, the effects of tea on the drinker; also, one who drinks spirituous liquors to excess; a drunkard.

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Drunk 74% connected

of Drink

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Drunk 74% connected

of Drink

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Drunkenness 74% connected

The state of being drunken with, or as with, alcoholic liquor; intoxication; inebriety; -- used of the casual state or the habit.

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Drunkenness 74% connected

The state of being drunken with, or as with, alcoholic liquor; intoxication; inebriety; -- used of the casual state or the habit.

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Pledge 74% connected

The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between…

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Pledge 74% connected

The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between…

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Booze 72% connected

To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple.

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Fuddle 72% connected

To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.

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Synonym 17

Beverage 92% connected

Liquid for drinking; drink; -- usually applied to drink artificially prepared and of an agreeable flavor; as, an intoxicating beverage.

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Booze 92% connected

To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple.

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Boozing 92% connected

of Booze

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Crapulence 92% connected

The sickness occasioned by intemperance; surfeit.

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Deglutition 92% connected

The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.

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Drinkable 92% connected

Capable of being drunk; suitable for drink; potable. Macaulay. Also used substantively, esp. in the plural.

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Drinking 92% connected

of Drink

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Drunkenness 92% connected

The state of being drunken with, or as with, alcoholic liquor; intoxication; inebriety; -- used of the casual state or the habit.

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Fuddle 92% connected

To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.

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Imbibe 92% connected

To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.

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Pledge 92% connected

The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between…

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Potable 92% connected

Fit to be drunk; drinkable.

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Salute 92% connected

To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.

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Swallow 92% connected

Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They h…

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Toast 92% connected

To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread.

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Tope 92% connected

A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic.

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Wassail 92% connected

An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one.

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