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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Knoll \Knoll\ (n[=o]l), noun [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Knoll \Knoll\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Knoll \Knoll\, verb (used without an object) 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Knoll \Knoll\, noun The tolling of a bell; a knell. [R.] --Byron.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
knoll
noun: a small natural hill [syn: {mound}, {hillock}, {hummock}, {hammock}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "knoll": anthill, barrow, brae, butte, crest, down, drumlin, dune, elevation, fell, foothills, hill, hillock, hilltop, hummock, knob, lofty peak, molehill, monticle, monticule, moor, mound, mountaintop, peak, pic, pico, pike, pinnacle, point, precipice, rise, sand dune, spur, summit, swell, tor
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