hilling

2 definitions found

hilling - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hilling \Hill"ing\, n.
     The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants.
     [1913 Webster]

  Hill \Hill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hilled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Hilling.]
     To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon;
     as, to hill corn.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Showing them how to plant and hill it.   --Palfrey.
     [1913 Webster]