Knoll (?), n. [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 (?), 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.
