name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
hile
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CMU ARPABET: HH AY1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Alternative form of hilum
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, archaic
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
A bundle of sheaves of wheat (or similar crop) stacked vertically to dry; a stook.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: West-Country, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 4
To form sheaves into a hile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: West-Country, obsolete
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History
Etymology
Probably a collateral form of ail (“awn of barley”).