Hile

( Bot. ) See HILUM. Hil'ing, n. Same as HELING. Hill, n. [A. S. hill, or hyll; Du. heuvel; Ger. hügel; Dan, hoj; Icel. holl, hvoll. The Ger. is from hoch, high, whence it may be inferred that the A. S. is from he ah, heag, high, q. v. ] A height; a natural elevation of land or a ma of earth rising above the common level of surrounding land; an eminence inferior to a mountain in altitude. - Anything hemispherical and prominent, or having the form of a hill. The earth raised about the root of a plant or cluster of plants. (U.S.) - A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them. (U. S.) - Webster. -v. α. To form hills, or small elevations of earth; as, to hill corn.