Found 1 items, similar to Hill tit.
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hill tit
Hill
\Hill\, n. [OE. hil, hul, AS. hyll; akin to OD. hille, hil,
L. collis, and prob. to E. haulm, holm, and column. Cf. 2d
Holm.]
1. A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising
above the common level of the surrounding land; an
eminence less than a mountain.
[1913 Webster]
Every mountain and hill shall be made low. --Is. xl.
4.
[1913 Webster]
2. The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of
plants. [U. S.] See
Hill, v. t.
[1913 Webster]
3. A single cluster or group of plants growing close
together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a
hill of corn or potatoes. [U. S.]
[1913 Webster]
Hill ant (Zo["o]l.), a common ant (
Formica rufa), of
Europe and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over
its nests.
Hill myna (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of birds of
India, of the genus
Gracula, and allied to the
starlings. They are easily taught to speak many words.
[Written also
hill mynah.] See
Myna.
Hill partridge (Zo["o]l.), a partridge of the genus
Aborophila, of which numerous species in habit Southern
Asia and the East Indies.
Hill tit (Zo["o]l.), one of numerous species of small
Asiatic singing birds of the family
Leiotrichid[ae].
Many are beautifully colored.
[1913 Webster]
Tit
\Tit\, n.
1. A small horse. --Tusser.
[1913 Webster]
2. A woman; -- used in contempt. --Burton.
[1913 Webster]
3. A morsel; a bit. --Halliwell.
[1913 Webster]
4. [OE.; cf. Icel. titter a tit or small bird. The word
probably meant originally, something small, and is perhaps
the same as teat. Cf.
Titmouse,
Tittle.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds
belonging to the families
Parid[ae] and
Leiotrichid[ae]; a titmouse.
(b) The European meadow pipit; a titlark.
[1913 Webster]
Ground tit. (Zo["o]l.) See
Wren tit, under
Wren.
Hill tit (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic
singing birds belonging to
Siva,
Milna, and allied
genera.
Tit babbler (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small
East Indian and Asiatic timaline birds of the genus
Trichastoma.
Tit for tat. [Probably for tip for tap. See
Tip a slight
blow.] An equivalent; retaliation.
Tit thrush (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
Asiatic and East Indian birds belonging to
Suthora and
allied genera. In some respects they are intermediate
between the thrushes and titmice.
[1913 Webster]