Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A Middle English form of hill.
  • noun Same as hilum.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) Same as hilum.
  • transitive verb obsolete To hide. See hele.

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  • noun botany hilum

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Examples

  • It ended with a slur of particular insult to Simon, who is Jewish: Heil, Simon, the note said (though the note's writer misspelled "hile").

    North Coast Journal Comments 2010

  • It ended with a slur of particular insult to Simon, who is Jewish: Heil, Simon, the note said (though the note's writer misspelled "hile").

    North Coast Journal Comments 2010

  • [W] hile the dialogue is inventive and gorgeously dialectical, the pacing is off ...

    Ruby's Spoon: Summary and book reviews of Ruby's Spoon by Anna Lawrence Pietroni. 2010

  • [W] hile the citizens of this state may not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in a public place at any particular moment, they do have a reasonable expectation that their every move will not be continuously and indefinitely monitored by a technical device without their knowledge, except where a warrant has been issued based on probable cause.

    Daily Record--Legal Currents Column 2009

  • "[W] hile empty chairs for America's defenders were placed at Thanksgiving dinner tables in many homes, many other seats were filled with anxious Americans who are facing their own personal battles and struggles," Pence says in the latest weekly GOP radio and Web address.

    Pence slams Obama, Dems in GOP's holiday message 2009

  • Then the entire bunch needs to be put on "adminstrative leave" hile replacements with a modecum of common sense are found!

    Teacher On Leave For Facebook Gun Photo 2009

  • [W] hile the citizens of this state may not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in a public place at any particular moment, they do have a reasonable expectation that their every move will not be continuously and indefinitely monitored by a technical device without their knowledge, except where a warrant has been issued based on probable cause.

    Criminal Law 2009

  • [W] hile the citizens of this state may not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in a public place at any particular moment, they do have a reasonable expectation that their every move will not be continuously and indefinitely monitored by a technical device without their knowledge, except where a warrant has been issued based on probable cause.

    Sui Generis--a New York law blog: 2009

  • My best friend and I discussed heroines a hile ago.

    Angels' Blood Countdown: Kimberly Frost - Would Be Witch Nalini Singh 2009

  • Then the entire bunch needs to be put on "adminstrative leave" hile replacements with a modecum of common sense are found!

    Teacher On Leave For Facebook Gun Photo 2009

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