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& Keri. 6. Onomajlicum Sacrum, in German. 7 . Hierophy- 
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HIL'LEROD, a town of Denmark, in the ifland of 
Zealand. This town was burned down in the year 1733, 
but rebuilt the following year: fourteen miles north- 
north-weft G f Copenhagen. 
HIL'LESHEIM, or Hil'deshexm, a town of Ger¬ 
many, on the Lower Rhine, and electorate of Treves: 
thirty-fix miles weft of Coblentz, and thirty-one north 
of Treves. 
HIL'LEVENSTIDE, a town of Germany, in the du¬ 
chy of Holftein : two miles and a half weft of Itzehoa. 
HILLEVIO'NES, in ancient geography, a people of 
Scandinavia. Pliny. 
HIL'LIA, f [fo named by Jacquin, in honour of fir 
John Hilly M.D.] In botany, a genus of the clafs hexan- 
dria, order monogynia) natural order of contortas, (ru- 
biaceae, JuJ}\) The generic characters are—Calyx: peri- 
anthium double; lower fix-leaved; leaflets oppofite, 
unequal, oblong, entire; the two inner fmaller, embra¬ 
cing the germ, decidpous, coloured ; upper two to four 
Heaved; leaflets lanceolate, acute, ereCt, permanent. 
Corolla: monopetalous; tube cylindrie, very long, ftri- 
ated, towards the border ventricofe; border fix-cleft; 
clefts long, reflex, contorted, revolute. Stamina: fila¬ 
ments fix, very fliort, inferted below the border into the 
belly of the tube ; anther® oblong, two-celled, within 
the throat of the corolla. Piftillum: germ inferior, ob¬ 
long, ohfeurely fix-cornered ; ftyle filiform, thick, the 
length of the tube; ftigma thickened, compreffed, bifid, 
Pericarpium: capfule elongated, angular, two-celled, 
opening longitudinally into two valves, crowned with 
the leaflets of the upper calyx. Seeds: numerous, pap- 
yofe, round a linear receptacle; down capillary.— EJfen- 
tialCharatter. Calyx double, lower fix-leaVed; corolla 
very long, coritorted ; capfule two-celled, two-valved, 
crowned ; feeds downy. 
Species, x. Hillia longiflora, or long-flowered hillia : 
corollas fix-cleft; clefts lanceolate, revolute; leaves 
©vate, acute. This is a flirub with an afeending ftera, 
a fathom in height, branched, loofe, fmooth, brittle, 
covered with an alb-coloured Alining bark. Flowers fo- 
litary, long, white, very fweet. Native of Jamaica. 
2. Hillia tetrandra, or four-ftamened hil’lia: corollas 
four-cleft, four-ftamenqd ; clefts ovate; leaves obovate. 
This is a native of Jamaica. 
HIL'LIGENHAVEN, a town of Germany, in the 
duchy of Holftein, fituated on the Baltic: thirty-feven 
miles north of Lubeck, and fifty eaft of Rendlburgi 
HIL'LING, a town of Germany, in the archduchy of 
Auftria : feven miles fouth-weft of Grein- 
HIL'LOCK,/. A little hill: 
Sometime walking not unfeen, 
By hedge-rojw elms, on hillocks green. Milton. 
. HIL'LOCKY, adj. Full of hillocks, abounding with 
little hills. 
HILLS, a river in the American States, which rifes 
from Pathapoowinepee Lake, and empties into Hudfon’s 
Bay at York Fort. 
FiILLS'BACH, a town of Germany, in the-palatinate 
<rf the Rhine : twenty miles eaft of Spire, and fourteen 
TouthTouth-eaft of Heidelberg. 
HILLS'BOROUGH, a poll-town of Ireland, in the 
county of Down, and-province of Ulfter, fixty-nine miles 
from Dublin. The town is pleafantly fituated, and 
almoft new built, in view of Lilburn, Belfaft, and Car- 
lickfergus bay ; the church is magnificent, having an 
elegant fpire, as lofty as that of St. Patrick’s in Dub¬ 
lin, and feveh painted windows. Here is a thriving raa- 
xmfafture of mullins. It has three fairs; and gives ti¬ 
tle of earl to the family of Hilllborough, who have a 
noble feat here. * z 
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HILLS'BOROUGH, a fmall ifland near the eaft coaft of 
Labrador. Lat. 57. 20. N. Ion. 61.20. W. Greenwich. 
HILLS'BOROUGH, a county of the American States, 
in New Hamplhire, bounded north by Grafton county, 
fouth by the ftate of Maffaclmfetts, weft by the Ohe- 
Ihire, and eaft by Rockingham county. It is divided 
into thirty-feven townfhips, and four gores of land, 
which contain 32,871 inhabitants, all free people, who 
chiefly follow agriculture. The academy at Amherft 
lias 800]: funds, and another at^New Ipfwich of ioool. 
Chief towns, Amherft, and Hopkington. 
fllLLS'BOROUGH, a townlhip of the American 
States, in the above county, fituated on the northern 
head-branches of Contocook river, about twenty miles 
weft of Concord. It was incorporated in 1772, and con¬ 
tains 79S inhabitants, 
HILLS'BOROUGH, a townlhip of the American 
States, in Somerfet county, New Jerfey, containing 2201 
inhabitants : fifteen miles weft of Brunfwick,. and eigh¬ 
teen northerly of Trenton. 
HILLS'BOROUGH, a town of the American States, 
on the eaftern fide of Chefapeak Bay, in Caroline coun¬ 
ty, Maryland; feated on the eaft fide of Tuckahock 
Creek, one of the chief branches of Choptank river: fe¬ 
ven miles fouth-eaft of Denton, nine north-weft of Greenf- 
borough, and twenty-feven fouth-weft of Chefter. 
HILLS-'BOROUGH, one of the middle diftridls of 
North Carolina, bounded north by tlm ftate of Virgi¬ 
nia, fouth by Fayett.eville diftrifl, eaft by Halifax, and 
weft by Salilbury. It comprehends the counties of 
Granville, Perfon, Cafwell, Orange, Wake, Chatham, 
and Randolph ; and contains, by the cenfus, 59,983 in¬ 
habitants. Chief town, Hilllborough. 
HILLS'BOROUGfl, a poft-town of the American 
States, in North Carolina, and capita] of the diftribt of its 
name, fituated inOrange county, on the north fide of Eno 
river, in a high, healthy, and fertile, country. It contains 
a court-houie and gaol; and has an academy of ftudents 
patronifed by the principal gentlemen of the ftate. The 
Eno unites with Little and Flat rivers, and forms the 
Neus, about feventeen miles below the town. It is 180 
miles weft-north-weft of Newbern, twenty-fix.fouth-by- 
weft of Perfon court-houfe, 101 weft-by-fouth of Hali¬ 
fax, no eaft-north-eaft of S'alilbury, and 452 fouth-weft- 
by-fouth of Philadelphia. 
HILLS'BOROUGH MY, a bay on the north coaft 
of the ifland of Dominica, formed at the mouth of a ri¬ 
ver of the'fame name. Lat. 15. 42. N. Ion. 61. 22. W. 
Greenwich. 
HILLS'BOROUGH BAY, a bay on the fouth coaft 
of the ifland of St. John, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 
Lat. 46. id. N. Ion. 62. 40. W. Greenwich. 
HILLS'DALE, a townlhip of the American States, 
in Columbia county. New York, having Claverack on- 
the weft, and Great Barrington, in Berkfliire county,Maf- 
fachufetts, on the eaft ; and contains 4556 inhabitants. 
HILL'TOWN, a town of the American States, near 
the centre of Chefter county, Pennfylvania; twenty- 
eight miles weft of Philadelphia, and twenty-one north- 
weft of Chefter.—Alfo the name of a townlhip in Bucks 
county, in theYam'e ftate. 
HILLU'LIM, f. [Heb. fongs of praife.] A Jewilh 
epithalamium or wedding fong. Cole-. 
HlL'LY,adj. Full of hills ; unequal to the furface.— 
Hilly countries afford the mod entertaining profpedfts, 
though a man would cboofe' to travel through a plain 
one. Addifon. 
Lo ! how the Norrick plains 
Rife hilly with large piles of llaughter’d knights. Phillips. 
HJ'LO, a river of Chinefe Tartary, which runs into 
the fea of Japan, in lat,42.54, N. Ion. 152.17. E. Ferro. 
HIL'PERT (John), a German Lutheran divine and 
profeffor, born at Coburg, and made profelfor of di- 
viitity and the Hebrew language in the- univerftty of 
Helmliadt, and fuperintsndant of the churches in the 
difirict 
