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There is low ground cleared for crops then knolly wooded hills within easy reach, and higher hills beyond.

From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by Burn Murdoch, W. G. (William Gordon)

Yet now and then there were fine reaches for the eye, beautiful knolly indications of a change of surface, which gave picturesque lights and shades on their soft green.

From Wych Hazel by Warner, Susan

I know no better use for this kind than planting it on the knolly parts of rockwork, positions which in every way suit it, for it enjoys a warm, dry soil.

From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by Wood, John

Then the sun got low, and we heard deer barking in knolly ground, and would fain have sat the evening out quietly, and waited, and watched the night life of the jungle.

From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by Burn Murdoch, W. G. (William Gordon)

As then in Jutland, so even now, stretch for miles and miles the brown heaths, with their tumuli, their meteors, their knolly, sandy cross roads.

From The Sand-Hills of Jutland by Bushby, Mrs. (Anna S.)