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 (?), 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 (Zoöl.), a common ant (Formica rufa), of Europe and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over its nests. -- Hill myna (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), a partridge of the genus Aborophila, of which numerous species in habit Southern Asia and the East Indies. -- Hill tit (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of small Asiatic singing birds of the family
Leiotrichidæ. Many are beautifully colored.
Hear it pronounced