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noun

Hushing 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.

verb

Hush v. t. (past & past part. hushed; pres. part. hushing)

To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of. "My tongue shall hush again this storm of war."

To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe. "With thou, then, Hush my cares?" "And hush'd my deepest grief of all."

To hush up, to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep secret. "This matter is hushed up."

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. "Hush, idle words, and thoughts of ill." "But all these strangers' presence every one did hush."

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"Hushing" Quotes from Famous Books

... in silence a few moments, for there was something hushing in the soft murmurs of the branches, something like the distant ...

— Helen and Arthur - or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel • Caroline Lee Hentz

... entered the house and went up to Innocent's deserted room. He opened the door hesitatingly,—the little study, in its severe simplicity and neatness, looked desolate—like an empty shrine from which the worshipped figure had been taken. He trod softly across the floor, hushing his footsteps, as though some one slept whom he feared to wake, and his eyes wandered from one familiar object to another till they rested on the shelves where the old vellum-bound books, which Innocent ...

— Innocent - Her Fancy and His Fact • Marie Corelli

... thought it necessary to place Lanfranchi and Marcello under arrest. They were soon released, because it became evident that the chief scandal would fall upon the Cardinal, who had clearly been scuffling and crossing swords in a dispute about a common prostitute. The three Caraffa brothers resolved on hushing the affair up. But it was too late. The Pope heard something, which sufficed to confirm his confessor's warnings; and on January 27, he pronounced the famous sentence on his nephews. The Cardinal ...

— Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 - The Catholic Reaction • John Addington Symonds

... policeman," said Odell-Carney with scathing dignity. "I want your husband to aid me in hushing this c'nfended thing." ...

— The Husbands of Edith • George Barr McCutcheon

... juncture, when my misery was at its height, I heard Mary 'Liza in the chamber behind me, cooing to, and hushing her doll-baby, with tones and words copied faithfully from my mother's ...

— When Grandmamma Was New - The Story of a Virginia Childhood • Marion Harland

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