v. i. To sound, as a bell; to knell. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
For a departed being's soul
The death hymn peals, and the hollow bells knoll. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The tolling of a bell; a knell. [ R. ] Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. cnoll; akin to G. knolle, knollen, clod, lump, knob, bunch, OD. knolle ball, bunch, Sw. knöl, Dan. knold. ] A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill. [ 1913 Webster ]
On knoll or hillock rears his crest,
Lonely and huge, the giant oak. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Heavy clocks knolling the drowsy hours. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who tolls a bell. [ Obs. ] Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]