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.
Carol
(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.
Carol
(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.
Carol
(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.