carol
(verb) sing carols; “They went caroling on Christmas Day”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
carolled
simple past tense and past participle of carol
• Cardello, collared
Source: Wiktionary
Car"ol, n. Etym: [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.
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 awans . . . carol sounds harmonious. Prior.
Car"ol, v. i.
Definition: 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, Car"rol, n. Etym: [OF. carole a sort of circular space, or carol.] (Arch.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 April 2025
(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
