hillsiden.
The lateral slope of a hill.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [noun] > side
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braea1500
bankside1586
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sidelanda1722
?a1400 Arthur 369 He went ouer to þe hulle syde.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xxvii. lxiv We lyght adowne, under an hyll syde.
1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 3 I shall..conduct ye to a hill side, where I will point ye out the right path of a vertuous and noble Education.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake v. 204 The next [breath of wind] but swept a lone hill-side, Where heath and fern were waving wide.
Compounds
General attributive.
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1806 in Ann. 9th Congr. 2nd Sess. 1006 Although it imposes a heavy task of hill-side digging.
1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Arts & Manuf. 293 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 1) VI Improvement in Hill-side Ploughs.
1859 W. Collins Queen of Hearts I. 10 Assembled together in our hill-side retreat.
1890 Daily News 20 Dec. 5/6 The name ‘Hillside men’..applied to the Fenians.
Derivatives
hillˈsider n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller on high land
Highlandman1450
overlander1548
mountainer1577
mountaineer1599
highlander1614
mountainist1625
uplander1699
hillman1854
hill-woman1895
hillsider1898
tiersman1941
Montagnard1966
1898 Daily News 22 Mar. 3/5 To object to any money being given to a poor hillsider.
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