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Uttering no sound; silent; as, the audience is still; the animals are still. The sea that roared at thy command, At thy command was still. Addison.

In a still manner; quietly; silently; softly. Dr. H. More. The hum of either army stilly sounds. Shak.

To be silently sullen; to be morose or obstinate. T. Hook.

Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic.

Gloomily angry and silent; cross; sour; affected with ill humor; morose. And sullen I forsook the imperfect feast. Prior.

To strike with a long stroke. Wake into voice each silent string, And sweep the sounding lyre. Pope.

A whirling motion; an eddy, as of water; a whirl. "The silent swirl of bats." Mrs. Browning.

ns of persons grouped in the proper manner, placed in appropriate postures, and remaining silent and motionless.

It is silent; -- a direction for a vocal or instrumental part to be silent during a whole movement.

Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection. -- Tac"it*ly, adv. The tacit and secret theft of abusing our brother in civil contracts. Jer. Taylor.

Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak. -- Tac"i*turn*ly, adv.

A mountain lake or pool. A lofty precipice in front, A silent tarn below. Wordsworth.

, as a town in besieging it. [Obs.] Like powerful armies, trenching at a town By slow and silent, but resistless, sap. Young.

To insnare; to trap; to trapan. Guards even of a dozen men were silently trepanned from their stations. De Quincey.

for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar. "Charnel vaults." Milton. The silent vaults of death. Sandys. To banish rats that haunt our vault. Swift.

Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb. I live and die unheard, With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a sword. Byron.

To call upon to witness; to obtest. Vouch the silent stars and conscious moon. Dryden.

Be silent; be still; hush; silence.

In a whist manner; silently. [Obs.]

Not using words; not speaking; silent; speechless. Shak.