yule

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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun yule has 1 sense

yule(n = noun.time) christmas, christmastide, christmastime, noel, yuletide - period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6; Array

has parts: boxing day

is a part of jan, january, dec, december

is a kind of season

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CIDE DICTIONARY

yule, n. [OE. yol, , AS. geól; akin to geóla December or January, Icel. jōl Yule, Ylir the name of a winter month, Sw. jul Christmas, Dan. juul, Goth. jiuleis November or December. Cf. Jolly.].

Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior. [1913 Webster]
"And at each pause they kiss; was never seen such rule
In any place but here, at bonfire, or at Yule." [1913 Webster]

Yule block, or Yule log, a large log of wood formerly put on the hearth on Christmas eve, as the foundation of the fire. It was brought in with much ceremony. -- Yule clog, the yule log. Halliwell. W. Irving.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

yule, n. (in full yule-tide) archaic the Christmas festival.

Idiom

yule-log
1 a large log burnt in the hearth on Christmas Eve.
2 a log-shaped chocolate cake eaten at Christmas.

Etymology

OE geol(a): cf. ON j{oacute}l

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