knoll Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small natural hill
    hillock; mound; hummock; hammock.

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Knoll noun
Etymology
AS. cnoll; akin to G. knolle, knollen, clod, lump, knob, bunch, OD. knolle ball, bunch, Sw. knöl, Dan. knold.
Definitions
  1. 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 transitive verb
Etymology
OE. knollen, AS. cnyllan. See Knell.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Knolled ; present participle & verbal noun Knolling
Definitions
  1. 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 intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. 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
Definitions
  1. The tolling of a bell; a knell. R. Byron.

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