Part 1656

<blockquote>The costly feast, the <b>carol</b>, and the dance. <i>Dryden</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It was the <b>carol</b> of a bird. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A song of praise of devotion; <as>as, a Christmas or Easter <ex>carol</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>Heard a <b>carol</b>, mournful, holy. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In the darkness sing your <b>carol</b> of high praise. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Joyful music, as of a song.</def>

<blockquote>I heard the bells on Christmans Day Their old, familiar <b>carol</b> play. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Carol</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car"ol</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Caroled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, or <er>Carolled</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Caroling</er>, or <er>Carolling</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To praise or celebrate in song.</def>

<blockquote>The Shepherds at their festivals <b>Carol</b> her goodness. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To sing, especially with joyful notes.</def>

<blockquote>Hovering awans . . . <b>carol</b> sounds harmonious. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Carol</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car"ol</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble.</def>

<blockquote>And <b>carol</b> of love's high praise. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The gray linnets <b>carol</b> from the hill. <i>Beattie.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Carol, Carrol</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw><hw>Car"ol</hw>, <hw>Car"rol</hw><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>carole</ets> a sort of circular space, or carol.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>A bay window may thus be called a <b>carol</b>. <i>Parker.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Carolin</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car"o*lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Carolus</ets> Charles.]</ety> <def>A former gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars; also, a gold coin of Sweden worth nearly five dollars.</def>

<h1>Carolina pink</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car`o*li"na pink`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Pinkboot</er>.</def>

<h1>Caroline</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car"o*line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A coin. See <er>Carline</er>.</def>

<h1>Caroling</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car"ol*ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A song of joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols.</def>