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knell
(encz) | knell,umíráček n: Zdeněk Brož |
Knell
(gcide) | Knell \Knell\, v. t.
To summon, as by a knell.
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Each matin bell, the baron saith,
Knells us back to a world of death. --Coleridge.
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Knell
(gcide) | Knell \Knell\, n. [OE. knel, cnul, AS. cnyll, fr. cnyllan to
sound a bell; cf. D. & G. knallen to clap, crack, G. & Sw.
knall a clap, crack, loud sound, Dan. knalde to clap, crack.
Cf. Knoll, n. & v.]
The stroke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a
person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence,
(figuratively), a warning or harbinger of, or a sound
indicating, the passing away of anything; -- also called
death knell.
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The dead man's knell
Is there scarce asked for who. --Shak.
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The curfew tolls the knell of parting day. --Gray.
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Knell
(gcide) | 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.
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Not worth a blessing nor a bell to knell for thee.
--Beau. & Fl.
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Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known,
Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word, "alone".
--Ld. Lytton.
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knell
(wn) | knell
n 1: the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a
funeral or the end of something
v 1: ring as in announcing death
2: make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical
edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday
at the local church" [syn: ring, knell] |
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bucknell
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death knell
(encz) | death knell, n: |
knell
(encz) | knell,umíráček n: Zdeněk Brož |
bucknell
(czen) | Bucknell,Bucknelln: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
death knell
(gcide) | Knell \Knell\, n. [OE. knel, cnul, AS. cnyll, fr. cnyllan to
sound a bell; cf. D. & G. knallen to clap, crack, G. & Sw.
knall a clap, crack, loud sound, Dan. knalde to clap, crack.
Cf. Knoll, n. & v.]
The stroke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a
person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence,
(figuratively), a warning or harbinger of, or a sound
indicating, the passing away of anything; -- also called
death knell.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
The dead man's knell
Is there scarce asked for who. --Shak.
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The curfew tolls the knell of parting day. --Gray.
[1913 Webster]death knell \death" knell`\, n.
1. A stroke or tolling of a bell, announcing a death; a
knell[1].
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2. Hence: (figuratively) A sign or harbinger of the end,
death, or passing away of anything.
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Knelled
(gcide) | 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.
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Not worth a blessing nor a bell to knell for thee.
--Beau. & Fl.
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Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known,
Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word, "alone".
--Ld. Lytton.
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Knelling
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
Not worth a blessing nor a bell to knell for thee.
--Beau. & Fl.
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Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known,
Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word, "alone".
--Ld. Lytton.
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death knell
(wn) | death knell
n 1: an omen of death or destruction
2: a bell rung to announce a death [syn: death knell, {death
bell}] |
knell
(wn) | knell
n 1: the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a
funeral or the end of something
v 1: ring as in announcing death
2: make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical
edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday
at the local church" [syn: ring, knell] |
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