hilarious 
lii/nnts (> It. Hare = OF. hilaire), < Gr. i/.ap6(, 
cheerful, glad, gay (cf. j/.aof, propitious, kind).] 
Gleefully gay or merry; manifesting high spir- 
its ; exhilarated ; jolly. 
Aa sententious as Horace, aa hilarious as Anacreon, as 
tender as Theocritus, his [Ilnliz'sj poems are as full of feli- 
cities as of melodies. iY. .1 . Jteo., CXL. 335. 
hilariously (In- or hi-la'ri-us-li), adi\ In a hi- 
larious or jolly manner: as, hilariously happy. 
hilarity (hi- or hl-lar'i-ti), . [< ME. hillaritee, 
< OF. hiltnite, hilairefe, F. hilarite = It. ilarita, 
< *L.hilarita(t-)s, cheerfulness, gaiety, < hilaris, 
cheerful: see hilarious.] Demonstrative mirth 
or merriment; gleeful exhilaration ; social gai- 
ety; jollity. 
It [music] will perform all this in an instant, cheare 
up the countenance, expell austerity, bring in hilarity. 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 297. 
With thought, with the ideal, is immortal hilarity, the 
rose of joy. Round it nil the Muses sing. 
Emerson, Love. 
= Syn. Hilarity, Joy, Glee, Joviality; gaiety, exhilara- 
tion. Joy is not often used of the excitement or overflow 
of animal spirits, but is rather and almost distinctively 
an affection of the mind. Glee is a strong word for an 
acute or ecstatic pleasure that expresses itself in mirthful- 
ness and other demonstrative signs of high spirits. Jo- 
viality is that feeling or character which, being itself gay, 
merry, or jolly, brings others into the same mood ; the 
word is generally used in a good sense. Hilarity is more 
often, but not necessarily, used of mirth, laughter, or 
other signs of exhilaration exceeding the limits of reason 
or propriety. See animation, mirth, gladness, happiness. 
Every morning waked us to a repetition of toil ; but the 
evening repaid it with vacant hilai-ity. 
Goldsmith, Vicar, v. 
And often, glad no more, 
We wear a face of joy, because 
We have been glad of yore. 
Wordsworth, The Fountain. 
Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee 
At all his jokes, for many a joke had he. 
Goldsmith, Des. Vil., 1. 201. 
Hilarymast, (X ME. Hillary messe; < Hilary, 
LL. Hilarius, + -mass 1 . ] The feast of St. Hilary, 
bishop of Poitiers in France about 353-68, emi- 
nent as a church father and an opponent of the 
Arians. In English calendars, in both those before the 
Reformation and that of the present English Prayer- Book, 
his day is January 13th, the octave of the Epiphany. In 
the Roman calendar it is January 14th. 
For gour note is dette things al to me 
At Saynt Hillary messe at Westmynster salle be. 
Jtob. of Brunne, p. 284. 
Hilary term (hil'a-ri term). See term. 
hilch (hilch), v. i." [Origin obscure.] To hob- 
ble. [Scotch.] 
An' then hell hilch, an' stilt, an' jump, 
An' rin an unco fit. 
Burns, First Epistle to Davie. 
hilclt. An obsolete form of held, preterit and 
past participle of hold 1 . 
How can they all in this so narrow verse 
Contayned be, and in small compasse hild* 
Spemer, F. Q.,IV.xi. 17. 
Hild-, -Mid (hild). [AS. MM (poet.), war, 
battle, = OS. laid = OHG. hilt = Icel. hildr 
(poet.), war, battle; as a proper name, alone 
(AS. Hild, MHG. Hilde, Hilte, Icel. Hildr (one 
of the Valkyries), ML. and mod. E. Hilda) and 
in eomp. (final only in fern, names), frequent 
especially in MHG., the lit. sense, as usual in 
proper names, disappearing: see examples in 
def.] An element in proper names of Anglo- 
Saxon, German, or Scandinavian origin, as in 
Hilda (AS. Hild, etc.), Hildcbert (OHG. Hilti- 
braht, ' battle-bright '), Hildebrand (OHG. Hil- 
tibrant, G. Hildebrand, Icel. Hildibrandr, 'bat- 
tle-sword'), Hildegund (MHG. Hiltegunt, 'bat- 
tle-conflict'), Brunhild (OHG. Brunihild, MHG. 
Briinhilt, Icel. Brynhildr, 'mailed battle'), 
Grimhild (MHG. Grimhilt, Knmhilt, Cltrimhilt, 
Chriemhilt, Kriemhilt, Icel. Grimhttdr, 'helmet- 
battle'), Matilda (ML. and E., contr. Maud, 
MHG. Mahthilt, MecMilt, F. Hatliilde, 'might- 
battle'), etc. 
Hildebrandine (hil'de-bran-din), a. [< Hilde- 
brand (see def.) + -tnel.] Of or pertaining 
to Hildebrand, one of the most influential of 
medieval ecclesiastics, who reigned as Pope 
Gregory VII. 1073-85. He is celebrated for his de- 
velopment of the pretensions of the papal see both before 
and after his elevation to the papacy. 
They sought by Httdebrandine arts to exalt themselves 
above all that is called God in civil Magistracy. 
Bp. Gauden, Tears of the Church, p. M6. 
The hearty largeness of Uildebrandine imperiousness 
must not be looked for in these disintegrating days. 
Andocer Ken., VII. 313. 
Hildenbrandtia (hil-den-bran'ti-a), . [NL. 
(Nardo, 1834), after F. E. Hildenbrandt of Vien- 
na.] A genus of algaa, type of the tribe Hililcii- 
brandtiai of Rabenhorst. By Agardh the genus is 
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placed in the order Squamaritv of the Flondew; by others 
it is placed among the Corallitirce ; but until the cystocarps 
are found its systematic position must remain doubtful. 
It is characterized by having a crustaceous frond, with- 
out calcareous deposit, forming thin, reddish, horizontal 
expansions, composed of cuboidul cells arranged in vertical 
lines, and arising from a horizontal basal layer; tetraspores 
lining the walls of immersed conceptacles, zonate, cruciate, 
or irregularly placed ; cystocarps unknown. About half a 
dozen species are known, which form thin crusts on rocks 
and stones in both salt and fresh water. 
Hildenbrandtiae(hil-den-bran'ti-e),tt.p(. [NL., 
pi. of hildeiibrandtia.] A family of algffi pro- 
posed by Eabenhorst, typified 'by the genus 
Hildenbrandtia. 
hilderling (hil'der-ling), n. A dialectal variant 
of hinderling, and the original of hilding. 
hildingt (hil' ding), n. and a. [A contr. of hil- 
derling, ult.of hinderling.'] I. n. A mean, worth- 
less person ; a wretch. 
If your lordship find him not a hilding, hold me no 
more in your respect. Shak., All's Well, iii. (i. 
This is that scornful piece, that scurvy hilding. 
Fletcher (and another), Two Noble Kinsmen, iii. 5. 
II. a. Cowardly ; spiritless ; base : as, a hil- 
ding fellow. . 
Which when that Squire beheld, he to them stept, 
Thinking to take them from that hylding hound. 
Spenser, F. Q., VL v. 25. 
To purge this field of such a hilding foe. 
Shak., Hen. V., iv. 2. 
hileH, v. t. A Middle English form of hill 2 . 
hile 2 (hil), n. Same as hilum. 
hileg, n. See Jiyleg. 
hiliferous (hi-lif 'e-rus), a. [< L. hilum, hilum, 
+ ferre = E. bear 1 .] Bearing scars like a 
hilum. See hilum. 
hill 1 (hil), n. [Early mod. E. also hil, hille, 
hyll, Itylle, etc.; < ME. hil, hyl, hul, pi. Miles, 
etc., < AS. hyll = MD. hil, hille = L. collis = 
I ,i 1 1 1 . kalnas, a hill ; with orig. suffix -na, from 
a root seen also in AS. healm, E. halm, a stalk, 
L. culmus, a stalk, L. culmen, columen, the top, 
summit, celsus, high, etc. : see halm, culminate, 
column, excel, etc. Not connected with (1) 
Icel. Mil (= Norw. hoi), a hill, which is a contr. 
of hvoll, for older hvdll, a hill ; nor with (2) D. 
heuvel = MHG. G. hiibel, a hill ; nor with (3) G. 
hugel, akin to E. how 2 , a hill ; nor with (4) Icel. 
hilla, a shelf, hjalli, a shelf or ledge in a moun- 
tain's side.] 1 . A conspicuous natural elevation 
of the earth's surface ; a natural eminence of in- 
definite height, usually rounded or conical. The 
name hill is usually applied to elevations smaller than a 
mountain and larger than a mound; but the terms are 
merely relative, elevations of the same height being called 
hills in one locality and mountains in another, usually ac- 
cording to the more or less mountainous character of the 
region. 
From thens schal he gon un to Capadose, that ys a grete 
Countree, whare that ben many grete Hylles. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 127. 
Ye gentle Shepheards which your flocks do feede, 
Whether on hylls, or dales, or other where, 
Beare witnesse all of thys so wicked deede. 
Spenser, Shep. CaL, June. 
Look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, 
Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern hill. 
Shak., Hamlet, L 1. 
A sand-built ridge 
Of heaped hills that mound the sea. 
Tennyson, To Memory. 
2. A heap; a hillock; a pile: as, a dung/n'H; 
an ant-feJM; a mole-7ii(/. 
The! slough so many and made soche martire that ther 
was hilles of dede men and horse hem be-forn. 
Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), ii. 288. 
3. A little mound raised about a cluster of cul- 
tivated plants: as, a hill of maize or potatoes. 
[U. S.] 
Such pumpkins and beans as could be grown intermin- 
gled with the hills of corn. 
E. Eggleston, The Oraysons, xii. 
4. In her., the representation of a hill, usually 
green when only one is used Bayle hllla. See 
bole*, 2. Up hill and down dale, energetically; per- 
sistently. 
All this time Martin was cursing Mr. Pecksniff up hil! 
and down dale. Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, xxxv. 
hill 1 (hil), r. [<//!, n.] I. trans. 1. To form 
small hills or heaps of earth around ; form into 
hills or heaps: as,to7n'Mcorn; to hill the ground. 
When it is growne middle high, they hill it about like a 
hop-yard. Capt. John Smith, Works, I. 128. 
2. To heap; accumulate. [Bare.] 
Cease, then, all you that aim at the hilling up of fatal 
gold. 11,'nit. Sermons, p. 41. 
II. intrans. To form into a heap ; gather. 
Soon after their arrival the males begin to hill; that is, 
to collect on some dry bank near a splash of water in ex- 
pectation of the females who resort to them. 
Pennant, Brit. Zool. (ed. 1778), II. 439. 
hill'-'t (hil), (' t. [Also hile, cover over, as plants, 
< ME. liillcn, hyllen, liilen, huleii, < AS. "hiilian 
Hillieas 
(not found), cover, hide, = OS. bi-liulljan, cover, 
= D. liulleu, cap, mask, disguise, = G. rer-lriil- 
len, wrap up, cover, veil, hide, = Icel. liylja, 
cover, hide, = Sw. holja, cover, veil, = Dan. 
hi/lie, wrap, = Goth, hiiljan, cover, hide; a cau- 
sal verb, from the noun repr. by AH. liulit, E. 
hull*- (see 7<Wl), and ult. from the verb repr. by 
AS. helan, ME. helen, cover: see heal'- and con- 
ceal,] To cover. 
Thou wald fyrste lay to stykkes and oner hille the cole 
[ember]. Hampole, Prose Treatises (E. E. T. S.), p. 31. 
Als the bark hillex the tree, 
Right so sal my ring do the. 
Ywaine and Gautin (Ritson's Metr. Rom., I.). 
And if it is foul thing toawomman tobepollid, or to be 
maad ballid, hile sche hir heed, but a man schal not hile 
his hede. Wydif, 1 Cor. xi. 6. 
hill 3 (hil), v. t. [E. dial., = heel 2 , < ME. hilden, 
< AS. hyldan, tilt, incline : see heeld, heel 2 .'] To 
pour out. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
hill-ant (hil'ant), n. An ant of the kind that 
makes ant-hills, as the common Formica rufa. 
hill-berry (hil'ber"i), n. The wintergreen, 
Gaultheria procumbens. See wintergreen. 
hill-bird (hil'berd), . 1. The Bartramian 
sandpiper or upland plover, Barlramia longi- 
cauda. C. J. Maynard. See cut under Bartra- 
mia. [Massachusetts, U. S.] 2. The fieldfare, 
Turdus pilaris. C.Swainson. [Local, Scotland.] 
hill-COpt (hil'kop), n. [< ME. hyl coppe; < Mill 
+ cop'.] A hilltop; a hill. 
The apostel hem segh in gostly drem 
Arayed to the weddyng in that hyl coppe. 
Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), L 780. 
hill-country (hil'kun-'tri), n. A region of hills : 
often specifically applied to the hilly regions 
in the interior of India, 
hill-digger (hil'dig"er), n. One who digs into 
hills or sepulchral mounds or barrows in search 
of buried treasure. 
Our Norfolk barrows have all been explored and rifled. 
The hill-diggers of the fifteenth century did their work 
most effectually : they left nothing for that rabid band of 
monomaniacs of our own time. 
A. Jetsopp, Nineteenth Century, XXI. 58. 
hilled (hild), a. [< hitfl, n., + -ed 2 .] Having 
hills: generally used in composition. 
The Goth, the Christian, Time, War, Flood, and Fire, 
Have dealt upon the seven-hill'd city's pride. 
Byron, Childe Harold, iv. 80. 
hiller (hil'er), n. [Appar. < hill 2 , cover, + -er 1 .] 
In pottery, a dish used in the preparation of the 
Observing that the hiller or dish have a sufficient access 
of air allowed. Workshop Receipts, 1 st ser. , p. 46. 
hillet (hil'et), n. [< hilfl + -et.] A small hill ; 
a mound. [Rare.] 
Neither will I speak of the little hilleU seene in manie 
places of our He, whereof though the vnskilfull people bab- 
ble manie things, yet they are nothing else but Tumuli or 
graues of former times. 
Uolinshed, Descrip. of Britain, i. 24. 
hill-fever (hirfe'ver), n. In India, a remittent 
fever prevailing in the hill-country. 
hill-folk (hil'fdk), w. pi. Persons living in the 
hills; hillmen. Specifically (a) A name formerly used 
for the Scotch sect of Cameronians, and sometimes also for 
the Covenanters in general. 
How much longer this military theologist might have 
continued his invective, in which he spared nobody but 
the scattered remnant of the hill-folk, as he called them, 
is absolutely uncertain. Scott, Waverley, xxxvi. 
(o) In Scand. myth. , a class of beings intermediate between 
elves and men, inhabiting caves and hills. 
hill-fort (hil'fort), n. A stronghold or fortified 
place on a hill. 
Whatever was the first origin of Tergeste, . . . it is plain 
that it ranks among the cities which have grown up out of 
hill.forts. E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 75. 
hill-francolin (hil'frang'ko-lin), u. An East 
Indian gallinaceous bird of the genus Arboricola, 
Hillia (hil'i-a), n. [NL., named after Sir John 
Hill, a botanical writer of the 18th century.] 
A small genus of shrubs, of the natural order 
Knbiacece, tribe Cinchonea", founded by Jacquin 
in 1763, and the type of the subtribe Hilliea;. 
It has a bracteate involucre, obovoid or cylindrical calyx- 
tube, with a foliaceous limb having 2 to 4 lobes. The 
corolla is hypocrateriform, with an elongated limb hav- 
ing 3 to 7 lobes. It has 4 to 7 included, adnate stamens, 
and a 2-celled ovary, forming in fruit a long, pod-like, 
2-valved capsule. The leaves are opposite, short-petioled, 
and thick, and the ilowers large, terminal, solitary, white, 
and odorous. About 5 species are known, natives of South 
America and the West Indies. They are usually epiphytic. 
Hillieae (hi-H'e-e), . pi. [NL., < Hillia + -ea-.] 
A subtribe of plants, of the natural order Bubia- 
cea; tribe ('inclt<ii(i\ typified by the genus Hil- 
lia. It is distinguished from the other subtribe 
of the I'iiii-liinieii- by having the corolla imbri- 
cated or contorted. 
