Hilling

name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old English.
Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of heaping up earth around plants. uncountable, usually

    "the hilling of potatoes"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of hill form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From hill + -ing.

Etymology 2

From hill + -ing.

Etymology 3

Topographic surname for a person living on a hill, from an unattested Old English word *hylling (“hill-dweller”).

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