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hilly, a.|ˈhɪlɪ|
[f. hill n. + -y.]
1. Characterized by hills; abounding in hills.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 333 Þe lond is..wiþ-ynne hilly and sondy. 1523Fitzherb. Husb. §6 Oxen wyl plowe..vpon hylly grounde, where as horses wyll stande still. 1625N. Carpenter Geog. Del. ii. x. (1635) 173 Some plaine countries neere the..Pole may be colder then some hilly Regions neere the æquatour. 1738Wesley Ps. cxxv. ii, As round Jerusalem The Hilly Bulwarks rise. 1872Black Adv. Phaeton xxx, The hillier regions of Dumfriesshire.
fig.1635J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Banish'd Virg. 22 Her dainty hands..delicately hilly, and lasciviously dimpled.
2. Of the nature of a hill; elevated; steep.
1390Gower Conf. I. 25 The ston which fro the hully stage He syh doun falle on þat ymage. 1563W. Fulke Meteors (1640) 57 b, Rivers..are swift..because they run downe from an hilly place. 1577–87Harrison England i. xii. in Holinshed I. 60/1 First of all vpon the east side of the hauen a great hillie point called Downesend. 1622Fletcher Prophetess v. ii, Better to have liv'd Poor and obscure, and never scal'd the top Of hilly empire. 1768J. Byron Acc. Wager in Narr. Patagonia (1778) 23 A bay formed by hilly promontories.
b. Hill-like.
1658Sir T. Browne Hydriot. Introd. 1 Graves of Giants under hilly and heavy coverings. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. ii. 481 A hilly Heap of Stones.
†3. Belonging to the hills; hill-dwelling. Obs.
1632J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 168 Foure mountaine Swaines or hillie-men. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 175 Though these Hilly People are of a rougher Temper. |