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hilled

  • past participle
    of hill.
    hill
    noun
    a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
  • past tense form
    of hill.
    hill
    noun
    a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.

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It was better to have possession of the imperial seven hilled city, than of Gethsemane and Calvary with all their holy souvenirs.

From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by John William Draper

Master of the games of the fair hilled Taillten, King of Tara of a hundred conflicts; Chief of Fodla the noble, Aed of Oileac who died too soon.

From Ireland, Historic and Picturesque by Charles Johnston

Beans should not be much hilled in hoeing, and should never be worked when wet.

From Soil Culture by J. H. Walden

They are set at the distance of three or four feet apart, and are hilled, and kept continually free from weeds.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds

The potatoes were growing finely and he hilled them up for the first time.

From Hiram the Young Farmer by Burbank L. Todd