1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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. [1913 Webster] Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known, Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word, "alone". --Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]
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