Definition of Knells. Meaning of Knells. Synonyms of Knells

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Knells. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Knells and, of course, Knells synonyms and on the right images related to the word Knells.

Definition of Knells

Knell
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.
Knell
Knell Knell, v. t. To summon, as by a knell. Each matin bell, the baron saith, Knells us back to a world of death. --Coleridge.

Meaning of Knells from wikipedia

- Knell is a surname, and may refer to: Eric Knell (1903–1987), English Anglican Bishop Gary Knell (born 1954), American broadcast executive Phil Knell...
- John Zacharias (Zachary) Kneller, originally Johann Zacharias Kniller (15 December 1642, Lübeck – 1702, London), was a German Baroque painter active in...
- Bettina Knells (born 14 April 1971) is a German sport shooter who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;...
- Kneller is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Andreas Kneller (1649–1724), German composer Arthur Kneller (1894–1969), English cricketer...
- Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (born Gottfried Kniller; 8 August 1646 – 19 October 1723) was a German-born British painter. The leading portraitist...
- A death knell is the ringing of a church bell to announce the death of a person. Historically,[where?][when?] it was the second of three bells rung around...
- 1980 by the merger of two girls' schoolsTwickenham Girls' School and Kneller Girls' School – on its present-day site. Its name commemorates Frances...
- William Knell may refer to: William Knell (actor) (died 1587), Elizabethan English actor William Adolphus Knell (1801–1875), British maritime painter...
- University on February 4, 2008, to an audience of approximately 3,500 in the Kneller Athletic Center. In March 2009, Clark University convened a first-of-its-kind...
- Blood and Bullets (Italian: Sangue di sbirro, also known as Knell, Bloody Avenger) is a 1976 Italian poliziottesco film written and directed by Alfonso...