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Definition of Hilling
1. n. The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants.
Definition of Hilling
1. hill [v] - See also: hill
Medical Definition of Hilling
1. The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hilling
Literary usage of Hilling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"In confirmation of this etymology it is alleged, that the (hilling kept its ...
but they really coined out of it only 48 ; the value of the (hilling was ..."
2. The Cereals in America by Thomas Forsyth Hunt (1908)
"hilling and Bedding.—Some throwing of the earth towards the row is often necessary
... On all well-drained soils, hilling does not give any better results ..."
3. The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review by James Shergold Boone, John Henry Newman (1800)
"... penny in the pound, wherever it occurs, (hould be /hilling in the pound, as
we prefume ihe ... (hilling in the pound is nearly in the fame proportion. ..."
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