'Hill' definitions:

Definition of 'Hill'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [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 Leiotrichid[ae]. Many are beautifully colored. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hill'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Showing them how to plant and hill it. --Palfrey. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hill'

From: Easton
  • Hill
  • Heb. gib'eah, a curved or rounded hill, such as are common to Palestine (Ps. 65:12; 72:3; 114:4, 6).
  • Heb. har, properly a mountain range rather than an individual eminence (Ex. 24:4, 12, 13, 18; Num. 14:40, 44, 45). In Deut. 1:7, Josh. 9:1; 10:40; 11:16, it denotes the elevated district of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim, which forms the watershed between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.
  • Heb. ma'aleh in 1 Sam. 9:11. Authorized Version "hill" is correctly rendered in the Revised Version "ascent."
  • In Luke 9:37 the "hill" is the Mount of Transfiguration.

Hill -- U.S. County in Montana

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Hill -- U.S. County in Montana
Population (2000) :
16673
Housing Units (2000) :
7453
Land area (2000) :
2896.361217 sq. miles (7501.540796 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
19.686170 sq. miles (50.986945 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
2916.047387 sq. miles (7552.527741 sq. km)
Located within :
Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location :
48.559559 N, 110.030529 W

Hill -- U.S. County in Texas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Hill -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000) :
32321
Housing Units (2000) :
14624
Land area (2000) :
962.360148 sq. miles (2492.501234 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
23.287823 sq. miles (60.315182 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
985.647971 sq. miles (2552.816416 sq. km)
Located within :
Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location :
31.996685 N, 97.156742 W

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