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knoll |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Knoll \Knoll\, n. [AS. cnoll; akin to G. knolle, knollen, clod, lump, knob, bunch, OD knolle ball, bunch, Sw kn["o]l, Dan. knold.] A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill. On knoll or hillock rears his crest, Lonely and huge, the giant oak. --Sir W. Scott. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Knoll \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. Heavy clocks knolling the drowsy hours. --Tennyson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Knoll \Knoll\, v. i. To sound, as a bell; to knell. --Shak. For a departed being's soul The death hymn peals, and the hollow bells knoll. --Byron. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Knoll \Knoll\, n. The tolling of a bell; a knell. [R.] --Byron. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: knoll n : a small natural hill [syn: {mound}, {hillock}, {hummock}, {hammock}]
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