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knoll 1
(nōl)n.
A small rounded hill or mound; a hillock.
[Middle English knol, from Old English cnoll.]
knoll 2
(nōl) Archaicv. knolled, knoll·ing, knolls
v.intr.
To ring mournfully; knell.
v.tr.
To ring or sound (a bell, for example) mournfully; knell.
n.
A knell.
[Middle English knollen, probably alteration of knellen, to knell; see knell.]
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knoll
(nəʊl)n
(Physical Geography) a small rounded hill
[Old English cnoll; compare Old Norse knollr hilltop]
ˈknolly adj
knoll
(nəʊl)n, vb
an archaic or dialect word for knell
ˈknoller n
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knoll1
(noʊl)n.
a small, rounded hill or mound.
[before 900; Middle English cnol, Old English cnoll, c. Middle Dutch, Middle High German knolle clod, Old Norse knollr summit]
knoll′y, adj.
knoll2
(noʊl)Archaic. v.t.
1. to ring or toll a bell for; announce by tolling.
2. to ring or toll (a bell).
v.i. 3. to sound, as a bell; ring.
4. to sound a knell.
n. 5. a stroke of a bell in ringing or tolling.
[1350–1400; Middle English (n. and v.); alter. of knell]
knoll′er, n.
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knoll
- The summit or rounded top of a mountain or hill, it seems to derive from Old Teutonic knoo-lo, meaning "ball, clod, knot."See also related terms for summit.
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knoll
Past participle: knolled
Gerund: knolling
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| Noun | 1. |  knoll - a small natural hill hill - a local and well-defined elevation of the land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia" molehill - a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing |
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