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/kˈærəl/ /kˈɛrəl/ Listen

noun

Carol n.

A round dance. (Obs.)

A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay. "The costly feast, the carol, and the dance." "It was the carol of a bird."

A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter carol. "Heard a carol, mournful, holy." "In the darkness sing your carol of high praise."

Joyful music, as of a song. "I heard the bells on Christmans Day Their old, familiar carol play."

Carrol, Carol n. (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 The term carrel, of the same has largely superseded its use. "A bay window may thus be called a carol."

verb

Carol v. t. (past & past part. caroled or carolled; pres. part. caroling or carolling)

To praise or celebrate in song. "The Shepherds at their festivals Carol her goodness."

To sing, especially with joyful notes. "Hovering swans... carol sounds harmonious."

Carol v. i. To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble. "And carol of love's high praise." "The gray linnets carol from the hill."

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Etymology of 'Carol'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Carol" Quotes from Famous Books

... moved here with the deep mellow note of the blackbird, poured out from beneath some low stunted bush; nor thrilled with the wild warblings of the thrush, perched on the top of some tall sapling; nor charmed with the blithe carol of the lark as we proceed early afield; none of our birds at all rivalling these divine songsters in realising the poetical idea of the "music of the grove;" while "parrots' chattering" must supply the place of "nightingales' singing" in the future amorous lays of our sighing ...

— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. - Volume 10, No. 271, Saturday, September 1, 1827. • Various

... rabbit, out of the cold and the dark; but I lingered a moment in the still, frosty air, for a backward glance at the silent white world without, ere I changed it for the land of firelight and cushions and laughter. It was the day for choir-practice, and carol-time was at hand, and a belated member was passing homewards down the ...

— Dream Days • Kenneth Grahame

... shore sorry,' says Dan, 'you don't fetch the moosic of that Purple Blossom's war-song West. I deems that a mighty excellent lay, an' would admire to learn it an' sing it some myse'f. I'd shore go over an' carol it to Red Dog; it would ...

— Wolfville Days • Alfred Henry Lewis

... exactly carol and sing like a bird, but he felt almost like endeavouring to hum a tune, as he stepped out of Hyde Park Mansions, and contemplated his horses drawn ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... clinking their glasses, and drank: then, in the hush that followed, Greta, according to custom, began to sing a German carol; at the end of the fourth ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

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