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noun

Hill n.

1.

A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain. "Every mountain and hill shall be made low."

2.

The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. (U. S.) See Hill, v. t.

3.

A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a hill of corn or potatoes. (U. S.)

Hill ant (Zool.), a common ant (Formica rufa), of Europe and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over its nests.

Hill myna (Zool.), one of several species of birds of India, of the genus Gracula, and allied to the starlings. They are easily taught to speak many words. (Written also hill mynah) See Myna.

Hill partridge (Zool.), a partridge of the genus Aborophila, of which numerous species in habit Southern Asia and the East Indies.

Hill tit (Zool.), one of numerous species of small Asiatic singing birds of the family Leiotrichidae. Many are beautifully colored.

verb

Hill v. t. (past & past part. hilled; pres. part. hilling) To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn. "Showing them how to plant and hill it."

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"Hill" Quotes from Famous Books

... route, toward home. The day was very bright and warm, but the brightness had a cold glare in Ralph's eyes, and he actually shivered as he walked on in the shade of the trees. He crossed to the sunny side of the street, and hurried along through the suburbs and up the hill. ...

— Burnham Breaker • Homer Greene

... mountaineers set him down, gently enough. And he, taking the Voivodin by the hand, and calling the Vladika and myself close to them, led the way up the ravine path which the marauders had descended, and thence through the forest to the top of the hill that dominated the valley. Here we could, from an opening amongst the trees, catch a glimpse far off of the battlements of Vissarion. Forthwith the Gospodar signalled; and on the moment a reply of their awaiting was given. Then the Gospodar signalled the glad ...

— The Lady of the Shroud • Bram Stoker

... Companies, with buckets, ladders, and axes, passed them at a run. Even in Cheapside the glow in the sky ahead could be plainly seen, but it was not until they passed St. Paul's and stood at the top of Ludgate Hill that the flames, shooting up high in the air, were visible. They were ...

— When London Burned • G. A. Henty

... as our whole army was come to the top of the hill, we were drawn up in order of battle. The king's army made a very fine appearance; and indeed they were a body of gallant men as ever appeared in the field, and as well furnished at all points; the horse exceedingly well accoutred, being most of them ...

— Memoirs of a Cavalier • Daniel Defoe

... deal of work for which the world may be the better. A human being who is really very weak and silly, may write many pages which shall do good to his fellow men, or which shall at the least amuse them. But as you carefully drive an unsound horse, walking him at first starting, not trotting him down hill, making play at parts of the road which suit him; so you must manage many men, or they will break down or bolt out of the path. Above all, so you must manage your own mind, whose weaknesses and wrong impulses you know ...

— The Recreations of A Country Parson • A. K. H. Boyd

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