An act, or the action, of ‘knolling’ or tolling a bell; the sound of a large bell. archaic and dialect.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of bell > large bell (9) knoll1379 An act, or the action, of ‘knolling’ or tolling a bell; the sound of a large bell. archaic and dialect. toll1452 The act of tolling a bell, or the sound made by a bell when tolled; (with plural) a single stroke made in tolling or ringing a bell, or the sound… knolling1480 tollinga1513 The action of toll, v.2; the sounding of a large bell by slow regularly repeated strokes; esp. that of the passing-bell. tonging1584 thief and reever bell1777 see quots. bell-toll1860 donga1882 An imitation of the deep sound of a large bell. Cf. ding, n.1, ding-dong, v. tong1881 A deep ringing sound produced by a stroke on a large bell, deeper than that denoted by tang, n.2, but sharper than that denoted by dong; the stroke… |
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