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.
Every mountain and hill shall be made low. Is. xl. 4.
2. The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. See Hill, v. t.
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.
Hill ant(Zoöl.), a common ant (Formica rufa), of Europe and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over its nests. — Hill myna(Zoöl.), 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(Zoöl.), a partridge of the genus Aborophila, of which numerous species in habit Southern Asia and the East Indies. — Hill tit(Zoöl.), one of numerous species of small Asiatic singing birds of the family Leiotrichidæ. Many are beautifully colored.