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▪ I. caroling, -olling, vbl. n.|ˈkærəlɪŋ|
[f. carol v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. carol.
c1300K. Alis. 1045 At theo feste was trumpyng..Carolyng, and turneieyng. c1386Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 792 Was never..lady lustier in carolynge. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccxix. 279 On a Sonday after dyner..ther was great daunsyng and karolynge. 1596Spenser Heav. Beauty 265 Carolings Of Gods high praise. a1834Coleridge Lit. Rem. I. 82 (L.) The sweet carolings of As you like it. 1853C. Brontë Villette xxiv. (1876) 256.
▪ II. caroling, -olling, ppl. a.
That carols.
1867M. E. Braddon R. Godwin I. i. 5 Carolling music of birds. 1880Atlantic Monthly Sept. 329 The singer's caroling lips are dust. |