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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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