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Knelled

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.

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knelled

vb. (en-past of: knell)

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Then somewhere a bell harshly knelled three times and from ahead, “Get out!