GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Knoll (nōl), n. [AS. cnoll; akin to G. knolle, knollen, clod, lump, knob, bunch, OD. knolle ball, bunch, Sw. knöl, Dan. knold.] A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill.
   
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   On knoll or hillock rears his crest,
   
   Lonely and huge, the giant oak. Sir W. Scott.
   
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   Knoll (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Knolling.] [OE. knollen, AS. cnyllan. See Knell.] To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing. “Knolled to church.”  Shak.
   
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   Heavy clocks knolling the drowsy hours. Tennyson.
   
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   Knoll, v. i. To sound, as a bell; to knell.  Shak.
   
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   For a departed being's soul
   
   The death hymn peals, and the hollow bells knoll. Byron.
   
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   Knoll, n. The tolling of a bell; a knell. [R.]  Byron.
   
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