hillier 
hillier (hil'yer), n. [Also hillyer, < ME. hillyer; 
< hilft + -ieri.] Same as healer?. 
That non Tylers called hillyers of the cite, nor other man 
withyn the cite dwellynge, compelle ne charge ne make 
no tyler straunger, coraynge to the cite, to serve at his 
rule. English GUdx (E. E. T. S.), p. 398. 
hilliness (hil'i-nes), n. The state of being 
hilly. 
In short, the only obstacle to this being one of the finest 
countries upon earth is its great hilliness. 
Cook, Third Voyage, i. 8. 
hillingt (hil'ing), n. [Verbal n. of hilP, v.~\ Same 
as healing 2 . 
hillisht (hil'ish), a. [< HUP- + -fo/i.] Hill-like ; 
rather hilly : as, a hillish country. 
The wounded whale casts from his hillish jawes 
Bivers of waters, mixt with purple gore. 
Ueywood, Troja Britannica (1609). 
hillman (hil'man), n. ; pi. hillmen (-men). 1. 
A man who lives in a hill-country ; in the plural, 
same as hill-folk; specifically, the Covenanters. 
2. The foreman of a dust-heap. [Eng.] 
On inquiry at one of the largest dust-yards, I was in- 
formed by the hill-man, etc. 
U. Mayhem, London Labour and London Poor, II. 321. 
hill-mina (hil'mi'na), n. An Indian and Orien- 
tal bird of the geniis Gracula, as the religious 
grackle of India, G.or Eulabesreligiosa; amina- 
or mino-bird. The mina is an imitative bird, and can 
be taught to articulate words more distinctly than the 
parrot. See cut under Eulabes. 
hill-oat (hil'ot), . A wild oat of Europe, Arena 
strigosa : perhaps the original of the cultivated 
oat. 
hillock (hil'ok), H. [< Mill + dim. -ocfc.] A 
small hill ; a'slight elevation. 
Our foot half sunk in hillocks green and soft, 
ais'd by the mule, the miner of the soil. 
Cowper, Task, I. 272. 
On knoll or hillock rears his crest, 
Lonely and huge, the giant oak. 
Scott, Rokeby, II. 6. 
Fairy hillocks. See. fairy. Hillock of Doyere, in anat. 
Same as eminence of Doyere. See eminence. 
hillock-tree (hil'ok-tre), n. A small, hardy 
evergreen tree, Melaleuca hypericifolia, native 
of New South Wales, 
hillocky(hil'ok-i), a. [< hillock + -yi.] Full of 
hillocks. Halliwell. 
hilloust (hil'us), a. [< Mlfl + -ous.-] Hilly. 
The way leading between the said parish church and the 
Forest is very foul, painful, and hitloui. 
Decree of Chancellor of Lancashire, 1550 (Maine's Hist. 
[Lancashire, IL K>). 
hill-partridge (hirpar'trij), . A gallinaceous 
bird of the genus Galloperdix, as G. lunulatus of 
India. See cut under Galloperdix. 
hillside (hil'sid), n. The side or slope of a hill. 
I shall . . . conduct ye to a hill-side, where I will point 
ye out the right path of a virtuous and noble education. 
Milton, Education. 
Come from the woods that belt the gray hillside. 
Tennyson, To Memory. 
hill-site (hil'sit), n. Situation on a hill; an ele- 
vated site. 
Lo, Bethlehem's hill-site before me is seen. 
W hittier, Palestine. 
hill-sparrow (hil'spar'6), n. The meadow- 
pipit of Europe, Anthus pratensis. See Anthus. 
[Orkney and Shetland.] 
hill-star (hil'star), . A humming-bird of the 
genus Oreotrochilus. 
hill-tit (hil'tit), n. A book-name of the Asiatic 
and Oriental birds of the family Liotrichidte, 
such as the red-billed hill-tit, Liothrix lutea. 
hilltop (hil'top), n. The top or summit of a 
hill. 
Disporting, till the amorous bird of night 
Sung spousal, and bid haste the evening-star 
On his hill top, to light the bridal lamp. 
Milton, P. L., vtii. 520. 
hillwort (hil'wert), n. The European penny- 
royal, Mentha pulegium. 
hilly (hil'i), a. [< hilfl. + - v l.] 1. Abound- 
ing in hills : as, a hilly country. 
Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts 
That brow this bottom-glade. 
Milton, Comus, 1. 631. 
Hilly countries afford the most entertaining prospects. 
Addison. 
2f. Like a hill ; lofty ; elevated. 
First of all vpon the east side of the hauen a great hillie 
point called Downesend. 
Holinshed, Descrip. of Britain, i. 12. 
Better to have liv'd 
Poor and obscure, and never scal'd the top 
Of hilly empire, than to die with fear 
To be thrown headlong down, almost as soon 
As we have reach'd It. 
Fletcher (and another"!), Prophetess, v. 
3f. Large and rounded. 
Sword-hilt. 
A, grip or barrel ; />, pommel ; C C, quil- 
lons, which together form the cross-guard ; 
D, linger-^'Uiird or knuckle-bow; E E , pas 
d'ane, one on each side of the cross-guard , pro- 
joi u :L_; ..Illy, and nearly circular in shape ; 
A. couiiler-cuurd ; G, heel of blade, talon, or 
ricasso (ricasso only when the heel is square, 
nt edged). C D K together form the guard. 
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Now hilly bulbes sowe 
Or sette, and wede hem that of rather growe. 
Palladium, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 80. 
hillyer, . See Miller. 
hilo-grass (he'16-gras), n. A large coarse grass, 
PaspaluM coiijugatum. 
hilsah (hil'sa), . [E. Ind.] A fish of the 
Ganges highly esteemed for food. It is very 
oily and bony. 
hilt (hilt), n. [< ME. hilt, < AS. hilt = Icel. 
lijalt = Dan. hjalte = OHG. helza, MHG. helze, 
a hilt ; per- 
haps lit. that 
by which the 
weapon is 
held, being 
prob. ult. con- 
nected with 
hold 1 , as anvil, 
formerly an- 
filt, etc., with 
That part of 
a sword, dag- 
ger, or similar 
weapon which 
affords a grasp 
for the hand, 
and usually a 
protection for 
it as well. The 
part grasped is 
called the grip, 
into which the 
tang of the blade 
is driven, or which 
consists of two 
separate pieces se- 
cured to the tang 
on both sides The 
pommel is the pro- 
jecting ball, disk, 
or similar appur- 
tenance, which 
prevents the hand 
from slipping 
from the grip and (From" L'Art pour Tous.") 
sometimes serves 
to counterbalance the blade. The guard is a cross-guard 
formed of two quillons, or a knuckle- bow, or a basket-hilt, 
or a combination of these different forms ; sometimes also 
there are two shells or coquilles, one on either side of the 
hilt, and sometimes there is a kind of Inverted bowl or 
cup of steel surrounding the heel of the blade, and called 
the cup-guard. (See the above terras, and sword.) For- 
merly often in the plural, with reference to its combined 
parts. 
Arthur toke the swerde be the hiltes, and with-oute more 
taryinge yaf it to the Archebisshop. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 103. 
For now sits Expectation in the ah*, 
And hides a sword, from hi 'is unto the point. 
Shah., Hen. VT, ii. (cho.). 
He run his sword up to the hilt 
In at the dragon's side. 
The Seren Champions of Christendom (Child's Ballads, 
The sword 
That rose from out the bosom of the lake, . . . 
With Jewels, elfin Urlm, on the hilt. 
Tennyson, Coming of Arthur. 
2;. A sword or foil. 
Fetch the hilts; fellow Juniper, wilt thou play? 
11. Jonson, Case is Altered, ii. 7. 
3f. The handle of a shield. Halliwell Up to 
the hilt or hilts, thoroughly ; completely ; driven home. 
I was up to the hilts in joy at having so marvellously 
metamorphosed an ex-governor into a viceroy. 
Smollett, tr. of Gil Bias, xi. 13. 
Ah! ah! there she has nick'd her; that's up to the Biltt ; 
I' gad, and you shall see Dapple resents it. 
Prior, Travesty of Hind and Panther. 
hilted (hil'ted), a. [<hilt + -ed2.] 1. Furnished 
with a hilt : used in composition : as, a basket- 
hilted sword. 
Wearing neither hunting-dress 
Nor weapon, save a gol&en-hilted brand. 
Tennyson, Geraint 
2. In her., having a hilt represented as of a 
different tincture from the 
blade : as, a sword hilted or. 
Hilton's muscle. See epiglot- 
tideus. 
hilum (hi'lum), n. ; pi. liila 
(-la). [NL., < L. hilum, said 
to have meant orig. 'the eye 
of a bean,' but used only in 
sense of 'a little thing, bit, 
trifle' (> the negative tiihil, 
nil) ; said to be ult. a var. of 
filum, a thread : see jfite 3 .] 1. 
In bot., originally, the eye of 
a bean; hence, the mark or 
scar on a seed produced by 
separation from its placenta. Also applied to the 
nucleus of starch grains, under the mistaken notion that 
it was the point of attachment of the grain while growing. 
himp 
2. In soo'l. and anat., some part or thing like 
the hilum of a seed, as a scar, pit, recess, or 
opening for entrance or exit. Specifically (a) A 
recess, as in the kidney or the lung, where the vessels, 
nerves, and associate structures enter, together with a 
quantity of connective tissue or hilum stroma. (b) The 
reentrance in the edge of a Noctiluca, likened to the hilum 
of a kidney-bean. (<) A little opening in the gemmule of 
a sponge. 
him (him), prim. See he 1 . 
Himalayan (him-a'la-yan or him-a-la'yan), a. 
[< Himalaya (< Skt. Himalaya, < hima, snow 
(see chimera^ and hiems), + dlaya, abode) + 
-aw.] Of or belonging to the Himalayas, a 
mountain-chain on the borders of British India 
and Tibet, and extending through Cashmere, 
Nepal, etc. It contains the highest known sum- 
mits in the world Himalayan pine. See pine. 
Himalayan rhubarb, a species of Rheum (which see). 
Himanthalia (him-an-tha' li-ii), u. [NL., < 
Gr. iftdf (iftavr-), a thong, + Oa/Ja, abundance, 
wealth.] A monotypic genus of algw, belonging 
to the Fucaccw. It has large, immensely elongated re- 
ceptacles, which are strap- shaped, compressed, dichoto- 
mously divided, and spring from the center of the frond. 
The plant is biennial, the cup- shaped disk being produced 
the second year. H. lorea, the only species, is found along 
the English coast, where it is known as sea-thungs. It is 
said that in the north of Scotland a kind of sauce for fish, 
resembling catchup, is made from the fronds of this plant. 
Himantolophinae (him-an-tol-o-li'ue), n. pi. 
[NL.j < Himantolopltu* + -i)i<e.] In Gill's 
classification of fishes, a subfamily of Ceratiida;, 
typified by the genus Hiniantolophus. 
Himantolbphus (him-au-tol'o-fus), n. [NL., 
< Gr. i/j&f (tuavr-), a thong, '+ l.fyos, a crest, 
ridge.] A genus of pediculate fishes, typical 
of the subfamily Himantolopliina>, having the 
cephalic spine knob-like at the end and sur- 
mounted by a thong-like appendage, whence 
the name. 
Himantopus (hi-mau'to-pus), w. [NL.(Brisson, 
1760), < Gr. i/iQiTOTrotif, the stilt, v ipaf (l/javr-), 
a thong, + iroi'f = E. foot."] A genus of wading 
birds related to the avosets, having extremely 
long slender legs, three-toed feet, and exceed- 
ingly slender bill ; the stilts. H. melanopterus is 
the black-winged slilt of Europe. S. niyricoilis is the 
black-necked stilt of America. 
Hfmatega (him-a-te'ga), n. pi. [NL., < Gr. 
l/juirjiyof, loaded witli apparel (taken as equiv. 
to 'tunicated'), < i/'( r -) f r f 'i" c ( T -)> dress, a 
garment, clothing, apparel (see himation), + 
tfteiaOai, < ayiiv, lead.] A theoretical group of 
animals, representing a supposititious stage of 
evolution, intermediate between Vertebrata and 
Inrertebrata. The nearest actual representa- 
tives of such a stage are the ascidians. 
himation (hi-mat'i-on), n. ; pi. liimatia (-a). 
[Gr. Ifidriov, in form a dim. of 'tfta(T-) for tiftefj-), 
a dress, garment, clothing, < cwi-vat, dress, 
clothe: see vest and wear' 1 .'] In one. Gr. cos- 
tume, a rectangular piece of woolen stuff, usu- 
ally five or six feet wide and twice as long, worn 
Front and Side Views of Himation, showing two usual methods of 
wearing it. ( From the frieze of the Parthenon. } 
wrapped about the body in different ways, ac- 
cording to the taste of the wearer, either as an 
outer garment over the tunic, by both sexes, or 
at times, by men, as the sole garment. The hi- 
mation was often made of fine stuff, and richly 
embroidered. 
His hiination fthat of Zeus at Olympiad, also of gold, 
was enriched with a design of figures and lilies. 
A. S. Murray, Greek Sculpture, II. 123. 
Himiarite (him'i-a-rit), a. Same as Himyarite. 
himming, . See'hemmingV. 
himpt, r. i. [Not found except in the passage 
quoted and in a manuscript note referred to 
by Halliwell ; prob. a mere orig. misprint for 
limp.'] To limp. Dariex. 
Lame of one leg, and hitupinrj all his dayes. 
Udall, tr. of Apophthegms of Erasmus, p. 203. 
