Yule, n.

n. [A-S. geól, giul, geóhol, iúl, Icel. jól, Sw. jul, Dan. juul, Goth. jüuleis, November, or the beginning of December. Cf. W. & Arm. gwyl, gouel, gouil, goel, gwel, a feast, a holiday.] Christmas, or the feast of the nativity of our Savior;—applied also, sometimes, to the festival of Lammas.

And at each pause they kiss; was never seen such rule In any place but here, at bonfire, or at Yule. Drayton.

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. Tennyson.—Yule-tide, Christmas time. Clarke.