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hilled

  • past participle of hill.
  • past tense form of hill.

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Yas, sah, jes' about the same way, only it has to be hilled higher an' hoed more'n corn.

From The Boy With the U.S. Census by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis

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 Simmonds, P. L.

At the end of the second season the vines should be pruned to about three eyes or buds, and the soil hilled up around them so as to cover them up completely.

From The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines by Husmann, George

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

From Hiram the Young Farmer by Todd, Burbank L.

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 Draper, John William