knoll /ˈnol/
小山,圓丘(vt.)敲鐘(vi.)敲響
Knoll, v. i. To sound, as a bell; to knell.
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.]
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Knoll n. 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.] To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing. “Knolled to church.”
Heavy clocks knolling the drowsy hours. --Tennyson.
knoll
n : a small natural hill [syn: mound, hillock, hummock, hammock]