knoll : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: knoll	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for knoll
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knoll n a small natural hill [syn: knoll, mound, hillock, hummock, hammock]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knoll \Knoll\, n. [AS. cnoll; akin to G. knolle, knollen, clod, lump, knob, bunch, OD. knolle ball, bunch, Sw. kn[94]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]Knolled to church.[b8] --Shak. Heavy clocks knolling the drowsy hours. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knoll \Knoll\, n. The tolling of a bell; a knell. [R.] --Byron.