n. The tolling of a bell; a knell. [ R. ] Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To sound, as a bell; to knell. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

For a departed being's soul
The death hymn peals, and the hollow bells knoll. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cnoll; akin to G. knolle, knollen, clod, lump, knob, bunch, OD. knolle ball, bunch, Sw. knöl, Dan. knold. ] A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill. [ 1913 Webster ]

On knoll or hillock rears his crest,
Lonely and huge, the giant oak. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Knolled p. pr. & vb. n. Knolling. ] [ OE. knollen, AS. cnyllan. See Knell. ] To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing. “Knolled to church.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heavy clocks knolling the drowsy hours. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who tolls a bell. [ Obs. ] Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]