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To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.

With might; with full force; vigorously; violently; exceedingly. They on the hill, which were not yet come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain. Milton. That striping giant, ill-bred and scoffing, shouts amain. T. Parker.

Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater.

but somewhat less emphatically. In such expressions as "twice an hour," "once an age," a shilling an ounce (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each, every.

An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed.

One of the small white egg-shaped pupæ or cocoons of the ant, often seen in or about ant-hills, and popularly supposed to be eggs.

d to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside. Others apart sat on a hill retired. Milton. The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself. Ps. iv. 3.

ach by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece. "Fined . . . a thousand pounds apiece." Hume.

The highest judicial court at Athens. Its sessions were held on Mars' Hill. Hence, any high court or tribunal

go or move upward upon or along; to climb; to mount; to go up the top of; as, to ascend a hill, a ladder, a tree, a river, a throne.

An eminence, hill, or high place. Addison.

Prospect; outlook. [Obs.] This town affords a good aspect toward the hill from whence we descended. Evelyn.

That which is assumed; an assumption. [Obs.] The sun of all your assumpts is this. Chillingworth.

Any surrounding or pervading influence or condition. The chillest of social atmospheres. Hawthorne.

Pertaining to Mons Aventinus, one of the seven hills on which Rome stood. Bryant.

usage for such charges, which were formerly assessed by way of average. Arnould. Abbott. Phillips.

r actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen; as, the back of an island, of a hill, or of a village.

A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine.

A high hill near the shore. [Prov. Eng.]

t; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill. A tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood. Bp. Hall.