Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Knelled"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Knell \Knell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Knelled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Knelling}.] [OE. knellen, knillen, As. cnyllan. See {Knell},
n.]
To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or
funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen.

Not worth a blessing nor a bell to knell for thee.
--Beau. & Fl.

Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known, Of hopes
laid waste, knells in that word, ``alone''. --Ld.
Lytton.


Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup

Enter word here:
Exact Approx


dict.stokkie.net
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents; see the Webster Gateway FAQ, and also the Back-end/database links and credits.