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Knoll Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Knoll? [n] a small natural hill Synonyms \| Synonyms for Knoll: hammock \| hillock \| hummock \| mound Related Terms \| Find terms related to Knoll: anthill \| barrow \| brae \| butte \| crest \| down \| drumlin \| dune \| elevation \| fell \| foothills \| hill \| hillock \| hilltop \| hummock \| knob \| lofty peak \| molehill \| monticle \| monticule \| moor \| mound \| mountaintop \| peak \| pic \| pico \| pike \| pinnacle \| point \| precipice \| rise \| sand dune \| spur \| summit \| swell \| tor See Also \| anthill \| formicary \| hill \| kopje \| koppie \| molehill Knoll In Webster's Dictionary \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. \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. \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. \Knoll\, n. The tolling of a bell; a knell. [R.] --Byron.

Knoll Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Knoll?

[n] a small natural hill

Synonyms | Synonyms for Knoll: hammock | hillock | hummock | mound

Knoll In Webster's Dictionary

\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.


\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.


\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.


\Knoll\, n.
The tolling of a bell; a knell. [R.] --Byron.

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