Knoll
Knoll (nōl) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon cnoll; akin to German knolle, knollen, clod, lump, knob, bunch, OD. knolle ball, bunch, Swedish knol, Danish 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.
Knoll , transitive verb
[Old English knollen, Anglo-Saxon cnyllan. See Knell.]
To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing.
Knolled to church.
Heavy clocks knolling the drowsy hours.
Knoll , intransitive verb
To sound, as a bell; to knell. — Shakespeare
For a departed being's soul
The death hymn peals, and the hollow bells knoll.
Knoll , noun
The tolling of a bell; a knell. [Rare] — Byron