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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Carol \Car"ol\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Carol \Car"ol\, verb (used without an object) To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble.
And carol of love's high praise. --Spenser.
The gray linnets carol from the hill. --Beattie.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Carol \Car"ol\, noun [OF. carole a kind of dance wherein many dance together, fr. caroler to dance; perh. from Celtic; cf. Armor. koroll, noun, 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Carol \Car"ol\, Carrol \Car"rol\, noun [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 The term {carrel}, of the same has largely superseded its use.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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
carol
noun
1: joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ [syn: {Christmas carol}]
2: a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ)
verb: sing carols; "They went caroling on Christmas Day" [also: {carolling}, {carolled}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
135 Moby Thesaurus words for "carol": Brautlied, Christmas carol, Kunstlied, Liebeslied, Volkslied, alba, anthem, art song, aubade, ballad, ballade, ballata, barcarole, blues, blues song, boat song, bridal hymn, brindisi, cackle, call, calypso, canso, canticle, canzone, canzonet, canzonetta, caper, caracole, cavatina, caw, chanson, chant, chantey, chatter, cheep, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, choir, chorus, chuck, clack, clap hands, cluck, cock-a-doodle-doo, coo, croak, cronk, croon, croon song, crow, cuckoo, dance, delight, descant, dirge, ditty, do-re-mi, drinking song, drum, epithalamium, exult, folk song, frisk, frolic, gabble, gaggle, gambol, glory, gobble, guggle, honk, hoo, hoot, hum, hymeneal, hymn, intonate, intone, joy, jubilate, lay, lied, lilt, love song, love-lilt, matin, minstrel, minstrel song, minstrelsy, national anthem, peep, pip, pipe, prothalamium, psalm, quack, quaver, rejoice, revel, roll, rollick, romp, roulade, scold, serena, serenade, serenata, shake, sing, sing in chorus, skip, skip for joy, sol-fa, solmizate, song, squawk, theme song, torch song, tremolo, trill, troll, tweedle, tweedledee, tweet, twit, twitter, vocalize, war song, warble, wedding song, whistle, yodel
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