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. The tolling of a bell; a knell. [ R. ] 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.
Heavy clocks knolling the drowsy hours. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who tolls a bell. [ Obs. ] Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. nol, AS. hnoll top; akin to OHG. hnol top, head. ] The head; the noodle. [ Obs. ]
n. [ L. nolle to be unwilling. ] The state of being unwilling; nolition. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
‖ [ L., to be unwilling to prosecute. ] (Law) Will not prosecute; -- an entry on the record, denoting that a plaintiff discontinues his suit, or the attorney for the public a prosecution; either wholly, or as to some count, or as to some of several defendants. [ 1913 Webster ]