{ Car"ol , Car"rol }, 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.
A bay window
may thus be
called a carol.
Parker.
Car"ol , v. i. To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble.
And carol of love's high praise.
Spenser.
The gray linnets carol from the hill.
Beattie.
Car"ol (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caroled (?), or Carolled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Caroling, or
Carolling.]
1. To
praise or celebrate in song.
The
Shepherds at their festivals
Carol her goodness.
Milton.
2. To sing, especially with joyful notes.
Hovering swans . . . carol
sounds harmonious.
Prior.
Car"ol (?), 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.
2. A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay.
The costly feast, the carol, and the dance.
Dryden
It was the carol of a bird.
Byron.
3. A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter carol.
Heard a carol, mournful, holy.
Tennyson.
In the darkness sing your carol of high praise.
Keble.
4. Joyful music, as of a song.
I heard the
bells on Christmans Day
Their old, familiar carol play.
Longfellow.
Hear it pronounced