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Knoll definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

KNOLL, v.t. noll. [See Knell.] To ring a bell, usually for a funeral.
KNOLL, v.i. noll. To sound, as a bell.
[This word, I believe, is not used in America.]
KNOLL, n. noll. The top or crown of a hill; but more generally, a little round hill or mount; a small elevation of earth.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a small natural hill [syn: knoll, mound, hillock, hummock, hammock]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English knol, from Old English cnoll; akin to Old Norse knollr mountaintop Date: before 12th century a small round hill ; mound II. verb Etymology: Middle English, probably alteration of knellen to knell Date: 15th century archaic knell

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. a small hill or mound. Etymology: OE cnoll hilltop, rel. to MDu., MHG knolle clod, ON knollr hilltop 2. v. & n. archaic --v. 1 tr. & intr. = KNELL. 2 tr. summon by the sound of a bell. --n. = KNELL. Etymology: ME, var. of KNELL: perh. imit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(knolls) A knoll is a low hill with gentle slopes and a rounded top. (LITERARY) ...a grassy knoll. ...on Nibley Knoll. N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Hillock, mound.

Moby Thesaurus

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