*carol*

n. [ OF. carole a kind of dance wherein many dance together, fr. caroler to dance; perh. from Celtic; cf. Armor. koroll, n., korolla, korolli, v., Ir. car music, turn, circular motion, also L. choraula a flute player, charus a dance, chorus, choir. ] 1. A round dance. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay. [ 1913 Webster ]

The costly feast, the carol, and the dance. Dryden [ 1913 Webster ]

It was the carol of a bird. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter carol. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heard a carol, mournful, holy. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the darkness sing your carol of high praise. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Joyful music, as of a song. [ 1913 Webster ]

I heard the bells on Christmans Day
Their old, familiar carol play. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Caroled or Carolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Caroling, or Carolling. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To praise or celebrate in song. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Shepherds at their festivals
Carol her goodness. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sing, especially with joyful notes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hovering swans . . . carol sounds harmonious. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble. [ 1913 Webster ]

And carol of love's high praise. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gray linnets carol from the hill. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Carolus Charles. ] A former gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars; also, a gold coin of Sweden worth nearly five dollars. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) See Pinkboot. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ F. carin; cf. It. carlino; -- so called from Carlo (Charles) VI. of Naples. ] A silver coin once current in some parts of Italy, worth about seven cents. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A coin. See Carline. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A song of joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such heavenly notes and carolings. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or inhabitant of north or South Carolina. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Arch.) Adorned with sculptured leaves and branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Caroluses L. Caroli [ L., Charles. ] An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I. [ 1913 Webster ]

Told down the crowns and Caroluses. Macawlay. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. [ OF. carole a sort of circular space, or carol. ] (Arch.) A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as the 16th century. The term carrel, of the same has largely superseded its use. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

A bay window may thus be called a carol. Parker. [ 1913 Webster ]