Thesaurus: knoll

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1. n. A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill.
2. v. t. To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing.
3. v. i. To sound, as a bell; to knell.
4. n. The tolling of a bell; a knell.
5. n. a small natural hill
6. 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. 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. To sound, as a bell; to knell. Shak. For a departed being's soul The death hymn peals, and the hollow bells knoll. Byron. The tolling of a bell; a knell. [R.] Byron.
7. A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; thetop or crown of a hill.On knoll or hillock rears his crest, Lonely and huge, the giant oak.Sir W. Scott.
8. n:100 n. a small natural hill