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knoll
1
[nohl] 
–noun
| a small, rounded hill or eminence; hillock. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME cnol, OE cnoll; c. Norw knoll hillock; akin to D knol turnip, Icel knollur, G Knollen, Dan knold tuber
bef. 900; ME cnol, OE cnoll; c. Norw knoll hillock; akin to D knol turnip, Icel knollur, G Knollen, Dan knold tuber
Related forms:
knolly, adjective
knoll
2 [nohl] Archaic.–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to ring or toll a bell for; announce by tolling. |
| 2. | to ring or toll (a bell). |
–verb (used without object)
| 3. | to sound, as a bell; ring. |
| 4. | to sound a knell. |
–noun
| 5. | a stroke of a bell in ringing or tolling. |
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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) v. 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
Knoll\, n. [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.Knoll
Knoll\, v. i. To sound, as a bell; to knell. --Shak. For a departed being's soul The death hymn peals, and the hollow bells knoll. --Byron.Knoll
Knoll\, n. The tolling of a bell; a knell. [R.] --Byron.
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Language Translation for : knoll
Spanish:
bulbo,
German:
die Zwiebel,
Japanese:
球根
knoll
O.E. cnoll "hilltop, small hill," related to O.N. knollr "hilltop;" Ger. knolle "clod, lump;" Du. knol "turnip," nol "a hill."
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