knolln.[AS. cnoll; akin to G. knolle, knollen, clod, lump, knob, bunch, OD. knolle ball, bunch, Sw. knl, 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.)v. t.[OE. knollen, AS. cnyllan. See Knell.] To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing.(Shak.)Heavy clocks knolling the drowsy hours. (Tennyson.)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.)n. The tolling of a bell; a knell.(Byron.)