\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\, 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.
      Heavy clocks knolling the drowsy hours.  --Tennyson.

\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\, n.
The tolling of a bell; a knell. [R.] --Byron.