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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.
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Showing them how to plant and hill it. --Palfrey.
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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.
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Every mountain and hill shall be made low. --Is. xl.
4.
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2. The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of
plants. [U. S.] See {Hill}, v. t.
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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.]
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{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 {Leiotrichid[ae]}. Many are
beautifully colored.
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