Word Meanings - CARROL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

CAROLING
A song of joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols. Coleridge. Such heavenly notes and carolings. Spenser.
CAROLINE
A coin. See Carline.
CAROLUS
An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I. Told down the crowns and Caroluses. Macawlay.
CAROLINIAN
A native or inhabitant of north or South Carolina.
CAROL; CARROL
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.
CAROLINA PINK
See PINKBOOT
CAROLIN
A former gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars; also, a gold coin of Sweden worth nearly five dollars.
CAROLITIC
Adorned with sculptured leaves and branches.
CAROL
together, fr. caroler to dance; perh. from Celtic; cf. Armor. koroll, n., korolla, korolli, v., Ir. car music, turn, circular motion, also 1. A round dance. Chaucer. 2. A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay. The costly feast, the carol,
BARCAROLLE
A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers. A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song.
CARLINE; CAROLINE
A silver coin once current in some parts of Italy, worth about seven cents. Simmonds.