QUIETEN • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Quieten

... men, women, and children, all in a hurry and all impatient. Families by tens and dozens are swarming about. How pathetic it is to see the father with one child in his arms and two clinging to his coat-tails, while the mother (poor bedraggled soul) is vainly striving to quieten a squalling fourth! Some children have lost their parents, and grope about underneath, nipping the legs of tourists to attract attention and get hold of the right father; others fall among bales of strawberries ...

— Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland • Daniel Turner Holmes