Definition of Hills. Meaning of Hills. Synonyms of Hills
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Definition of Hills
Hill Hill Hill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hilled; p. pr. & vb. n.
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. --Palfrey.
Hill Hill Hill, n. [OE. hil, hul, AS. hyll; akin to OD. hille, hil,
L. collis, and prob. to E. haulm, holm, and column. Cf. 2d
Holm.]
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. --Is. xl.
4.
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 (Zo["o]l.), a common ant (Formica rufa), of
Europe and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over
its nests.
Hill myna (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), a partridge of the genus
Aborophila, of which numerous species in habit Southern
Asia and the East Indies.
Hill tit (Zo["o]l.), one of numerous species of small
Asiatic singing birds of the family Leiotrichid[ae].
Many are beautifully colored.
