(There's now what can best be described as a hillock on the back of that hand). From Wordnik.com. Reference
The temple of lord Ramalingeswara atop Yanamalakuduru hillock, which is arguably the single largest crowd puller during the festival, has been decorated specially. From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
Some rotting timbers of it may still be left, for the black people who live thereabout keep away, especially at night, believing that the hillock is a resort of spirits. From Wordnik.com. [Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate] Reference
From the edge of the cliff at Geesh the ground slopes to the marsh, in whose centre is a hillock, which is the altar on which the religious ceremonies of the Agows are performed. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure] Reference
I estimate that the 'hillock' extends to no more than 3 feet above the level of the main areas of grass. From Wordnik.com. [London SE1 community website] Reference
The 'hillock' also contributes greatly to the green nature of the view from the north bank of the Thames. From Wordnik.com. [London SE1 community website] Reference
In one of her letters Madame d'Arblay speaks of his raising a "hillock" with his own hands, in order to obtain a view of. From Wordnik.com. [Juniper Hall: A Rendezvous of Certain Illustrious Personages during the French Revolution, Including Alexandre D'Arblay and Fanny Burney] Reference
Destroying several hundred square yards of grass covered 'hillock' which I estimate to be some 4 or 5 feet above the adjoining level grassland of the park. From Wordnik.com. [London SE1 community website] Reference
We arrive at a junction of trenches, and on the top of the maltreated hillock which is outlined on the cloudy grayness, a mournful signboard stands crookedly in the wind. From Wordnik.com. [Under Fire: the story of a squad] Reference
Then she sat down on a hillock and wept in her hands. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
The whole space around the desert hillock was occupied. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
Every little hillock served the purpose of an earthwork. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
A child stands on a hillock, or slightly elevated ground. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Nursery Rhymes] Reference
The ruins of two temples stand on a hillock rising from the Indus. From Wordnik.com. [The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1] Reference
Thornly waved to her as she went, until a friendly hillock hid her. From Wordnik.com. [Janet of the Dunes] Reference
The grey day crept above the land; I watched it from my hillock, and. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
The "little gentleman in black velvet" was the mole over whose hillock. From Wordnik.com. [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference
"It will seem soft as down," she replied, and seated herself on the hillock. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
The hillock on which he planned to build gave a commanding view of the ocean. From Wordnik.com. [Some Three Hundred Years Ago] Reference
And again I sat on a hillock and surrendered to the most doleful meditations. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
His favorite walk was to the summit of a hillock overgrown with stunted bushwood. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
The soil, for hundreds of miles together, is perfectly flat, without even a hillock. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
He went out and stood upon a hillock where he had decided to build the new parsonage. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
Or was it by chance a stone under the braided coat, a hillock where it had been thrown?. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
The playmate atop a hillock, raining down with rocks, staving off the besieging forces. From Wordnik.com. [What the Father Said] Reference
They topped the last hillock and dropped down into the lighted bowl of the launching site. From Wordnik.com. [The Hills of Home] Reference
Camors walked his horse slowly over the rocky and winding path on the slope of the hillock. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He listened, and caught the words, of a song issuing from a valley near the hillock upon which he sate. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)] Reference
I could not see, who lived in the hillock, and I wonder I did not go mad with the shame of his derision. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
He climbed atop a little hillock and surveyed them carefully, letting his penetrating gaze pass over each man in turn. From Wordnik.com. [Despoilers of the Golden Empire] Reference
From the last houses on the street, to the entrance of the cemetery, is rising ground, and just behind stands a small hillock. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
As the Stoltzfooses and the last of their off-worldly goods topped a hillock, they both turned to wave at the ship's officers. From Wordnik.com. [Blind Man's Lantern] Reference
He went over a large hillock of sand once and his car bottomed out hard, like hitting a boulder underneath, the sound unyielding. From Wordnik.com. [This is Not the Great Depression!] Reference
In one corner, however, a hillock had been raised, a "Moon Viewing Place," such as poets and artists have always found necessary. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Painter] Reference
The two barons, immediately mounting their horses, left the prince, and made for a small hillock, that they might look about them. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
And Laban called it, The witness heap; and Jacob, The hillock of testimony: each of them according to the propriety of his language. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 01: Genesis The Challoner Revision] Reference
Below the hillock where they lay spread-eagled under Pegasus and Cassiopeia, the creek's thin gurgle whispered through cracked earth. From Wordnik.com. [Flying to the Moon] Reference
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