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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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15 words match “HUSH”

HUSH v. 5 definitions
l; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of. My tongue shall hush again this storm of war. Shak.
HUSHER n.
An usher. [Obs.] Spenser.
HUSHING n.
The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming.
NEHUSHTAN n.
A thing of brass; -- the name under which the Israelites worshiped the brazen serpent made by Moses. 2 Kings xviii. 4.
CLUM interj.
Silence; hush. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HEAVEN v.
as if in heaven; to beatify. [R.] We are happy as the bird whose nest Is heavened in the hush of purple hills. G. Massey.
HIST interj.
Hush; be silent; -- a signal for silence. Milton.
LONG-DRAWN a.
Extended to a great length. The cicadæ hushed their long-drawn, ear-splitting strains. G. W. Cable.
MUM interj. 2 definitions
Be silent! Hush! Mum, then, and no more. Shak.
PRECIPITOUS a.
sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts. Sir T. Browne. "Marian's low, precipitous `Hush!'" Mrs. Browning. -- Pre*cip"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Pre*cip"i*tous*ness, n.
QUIET a.
Free from noise or disturbance; hushed; still.
SEAR; SERE a.
akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. soren to to wither, Gr. sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. sq. root152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves. Milton. I have lived long enough; my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. Shak.
SILENCE v.
To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush. Silence that dreadful bell; it frights the isle. Shak.
TUT n.
Be still; hush; -- an exclamation used for checking or rebuking.
WHIST interj. 3 definitions
Be silent; be still; hush; silence.