Definitions for: Knoll

[n] a small natural hill

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: hammock, hillock, hummock, mound

See Also: anthill, formicary, hill, kopje, koppie, molehill

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