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Webster 1913 Edition

Knoll

Knoll

(nōl)
,
Noun.
[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.
On
knoll
or hillock rears his crest,
Lonely and huge, the giant oak.
Sir W. Scott.

Knoll

,
Verb.
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.

Knoll

,
Verb.
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.

Knoll

,
Noun.
The tolling of a bell; a knell.
[R.]
Byron.

Webster 1828 Edition

Knoll

KNOLL

,
Verb.
T.
noll. [See Knell.] To ring a bell, usually for a funeral.

KNOLL

,
Verb.
I.
noll. To sound, as a bell.
[This word, I believe, is not used in America.]

KNOLL

,
Noun.
noll. The top or crown of a hill; but more generally, a little round hill or mount; a small elevation of earth.

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