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Knoll

Knoll Meaning & Definition
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.

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