When hollow murmurs of their evening bells Dismiss the sleepy swains,
and toll them to their cells.
Dryden.
Toll, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tolling.] To
sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated at intervals,
as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to announce the death of a
person.
The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll.
Shak.
Now sink in sorrows with a tolling bell.
Pope.
Toll, n. The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly
repeated.
Toll (?), n. [OE. tol, AS. toll; akin to OS. & D. tol, G. zoll, OHG.
zol, Icel. tollr, Sw. tull, Dan. told, and also to E. tale; —
originally, that which is counted out in payment. See Tale number.] 1.
A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the
privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of
vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.
2. (Sax. & O. Eng. Law) A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of
a manor.