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A grassy expanse in the hill region of Ceylon.

a patulous calyx; a patulous cluster of flowers. The eyes are large and patulous. Sir J. Hill.

The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe. Silent upon a peak in Darien. Keats.

To throw; to use as a missile. My Phillis me with pelted apples plies. Dryden.

surface reduced by erosion to the general condition of a plain, but not wholly devoid of hills; a base-level plain.

To form into a peninsula. South River . . . peninsulates Castle Hill farm. W. Bentley.

An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius).

ded with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking. Infamous hills, and sandy, perilous wilds. Milton.

Thorough investigation. [Obs.] Chillingworth.

game that is played in various ways; also, the game itself. [Written also fillipeen and phillippine.]

as, a sixpenny piece; -- formerly applied specifically to an English gold coin worth 22 shillings.

Noting the region of foothills near the base of a mountain chain.

A pointed or peaked hill. [R.]

to collect into a mass; to accumulate; to amass; -- often with up; as, to pile up wood. "Hills piled on hills." Dryden. "Life piled on life." Tennyson. The labor of an age in piled stones. Milton.

Clad or crowned with pine trees; as, pine-clad hills.

Shaped like a fin or feather. Sir J. Hill.

A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value.

Rhamnus. See Alatern. -- Mock privet, any one of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Phillyrea. They are from the Mediterranean region, and have been much cultivated for hedges and for fancifully clipped shrubberies.

Descent; declivity; as, the proneness of a hill.

To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate. Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage, The god propitiate, and the pest assuage. Pope.