- a small rounded hill
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knoll1
(nōl),USA pronunciation n.
knoll′y, adj.
knoll2 (nōl),USA pronunciation [Archaic.]
v.t.
v.i.
n.
knoll′er, n.
- Geographya small, rounded hill or eminence;
hillock.
- bef. 900; Middle English cnol, Old English cnoll; cognate with Norwegian knoll hillock; akin to Dutch knol turnip, Icelandic knollur, German Knollen, Danish knold tuber
knoll2 (nōl),USA pronunciation [Archaic.]
v.t.
- to ring or toll a bell for;
announce by tolling. - to ring or toll (a bell).
v.i.
- to sound, as a bell;
ring. - to sound a knell.
n.
- a stroke of a bell in ringing or tolling.
- 1350–1400; Middle English (noun, nominal and verb, verbal); variant of knell
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knoll /nəʊl/ n
knoll /nəʊl/ n , vb
- an archaic or dialect word for knell
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