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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every mountain and hill shall be made low. Is. xl. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [ U. S. ] See Hill, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Showing them how to plant and hill it. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being hilly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small hill. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The side or declivity of a hill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The top of a hill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Abounding with hills; uneven in surface; as, a hilly country. “Hilly steep.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lofty; as, hilly empire. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]