Knell — Defs

01 n. The stroke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell;

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The stroke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell;(figuratively)
“The dead man's knell Is there scarce asked for who.” — Shak.

“The curfew tolls the knell of parting day.” — Gray.

02 v. i. To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen.

imp. & p. p. Knelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Knelling

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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.

03 v. t. To summon, as by a knell.

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To summon, as by a knell.
“Each matin bell, the baron saith, Knells us back to a world of death.” — Coleridge.