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Hush \Hush\, n.
Stillness; silence; quiet. [R.] "It is the hush of night."
--Byron.
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{Hush money}, money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the
disclosure of facts. --Swift.
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Hush \Hush\, a.
Silent; quiet. "Hush as death." --Shak.
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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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Hush \Hush\, v. i.
To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; --
esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be
silent or quiet; make no noise.
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Hush, idle words, and thoughts of ill. --Keble.
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But all these strangers' presence every one did hush.
--Spenser.
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