The Shepherds at their festivals Carol her goodness.
--Milton.
2. To sing, especially with joyful notes.
Hovering swans . . . carol sounds harmonious.
--Prior.
And carol of love's high praise. --Spenser.
The gray linnets carol from the hill. --Beattie.
A bay window may thus be called a carol. --Parker.
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.