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DOWN , a smooth rounded See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill, or more particularly an expanse of high See also:rolling ground See also:bare of trees. The word comes from the
Old See also:English dun, hill. This is usually taken to be a See also:Celtic word. The Gaelic and Irish dun and Welsh din are specifically used of a hill-fortress, and thus frequently appear in See also:place-names, e.g. See also:Dumbarton, See also:Dunkeld, and in the Latinized termination—dunum, e.g. Lugdunum, See also:Lyons. The Old Dutch dung, which is the same word, was applied to the drifted sandhills which are a prevailing feature of the See also:south-eastern See also:coast of the See also:North See also:Sea (See also:Denmark and the See also:Low Countries), and the derivatives, Ger. Dune, See also:modern Dutch duin, Fr. dune, have this particular meaning. The English " dune " is directly taken from the See also:French. The low sandy tracts north and south of See also:Yarmouth, See also:Norfolk, are known as the " See also:Dunes," which may be a corruption of the Dutch or French words. From " down," hill, comes the adverb " down," from above, in the earlier See also:form " adown," i.e. off the hill. The word for the soft under plumage of birds is entirely different, and comes from the Old See also:Norwegian dun, cf. See also:cedar-dun, See also:eider-down. For the See also:system of See also:chalk hills in See also:England known as " The See also:Downs " see Downs.
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