n. The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Same as healing.
Word Usage
"The corn hills I planted well apart, because later, in hilling up, I would need room to draw earth from all directions over the roots to protect them from the sun, that they might not dry out."