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Hushing
(gcide) | Hush \Hush\ (h[u^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hushed (h[u^]sht);
p. pr. & vb. n. Hushing.] [OE. huschen, hussen, prob. of
imitative origin; cf. LG. hussen to lull to sleep, G. husch
quick, make haste, be silent.]
1. To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress
the noise or clamor of.
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My tongue shall hush again this storm of war.
--Shak.
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2. To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.
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With thou, then,
Hush my cares? --Otway.
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And hush'd my deepest grief of all. --Tennyson.
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To hush up, to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to
keep secret. "This matter is hushed up." --Pope.
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Hushing
(gcide) | Hushing \Hush"ing\, n. (Mining)
The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins,
by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; --
also called booming and hydraulic mining.
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hushing
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n 1: a fricative sound (especially as an expression of
disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the
hissing of the audience" [syn: hiss, hissing,
hushing, fizzle, sibilation] |
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hushing
(wn) | hushing
n 1: a fricative sound (especially as an expression of
disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the
hissing of the audience" [syn: hiss, hissing,
hushing, fizzle, sibilation] |
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