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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Knelnoun

    The sound of a bell rung at a funeral.

    Etymology: cnil, Welsh, a funeral pile; cnyllan, to ring, Sax.

    I would not wish them to a fairer death,
    And so his knell is knoll’d. William Shakespeare.

    Sea nymphs hourly ring his knell:
    Hark, now I hear them. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

    When he was brought again to th’ bar, to hear
    His knell rung out, his judgment, he was stirr’d
    With such an agony, he sweat extremely. William Shakespeare, H. VIII.

    All these motions, which we saw,
    Are but as ice, which crackles at a thaw:
    Or as a lute, which in moist weather rings
    Her knell alone, by cracking of her strings. John Donne.

    Unhappy slave, and pupil to a bell,
    Which his hours work, as well as hours do tell;
    Unhappy ’till the last, the kind releasing knell. Abraham Cowley.

    At dawn poor Stella danc’d and sung;
    The am’rous youth around her bow’d:
    At night her fatal knell was rung;
    I saw, and kiss’d her in her shrowd. Matthew Prior.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of KNEL in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of KNEL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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  • คุกเข่าThai

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