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   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 Leiotrichidæ. Many are beautifully colored.
   
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   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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