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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

... Mrs. Dr. Prague rustled her brocades into the private parlor of her daughter Marion, just as the latter was hushing the shrieks of a chubby little boy, who ...

— Eventide - A Series of Tales and Poems • Effie Afton

... for hushing the matter up," said Mr. Endicott. "I have no desire to ruin your son's future. If you will pay for the horses, that is all I ask—that and one thing more. I have no desire to live next door to a man who has a son who is ...

— Dave Porter at Star Ranch - Or, The Cowboy's Secret • Edward Stratemeyer

... his dormitory. Laying his gun securely in one of the forks, and coiling himself up as snugly as possible, where four boughs radiated from the trunk, about twenty feet from the ground, he settled himself to sleep as in an arm-chair, with the great hushing silence of the forest around him. Unusual as his circumstances were, he was soon wrapt in ...

— Cedar Creek - From the Shanty to the Settlement • Elizabeth Hely Walshe

... a heavy lumbering of wheels within hearing. They both knew too well what it meant. One. Two. Three. Three tumbrils faring away with their dread loads over the hushing snow. ...

— A Tale of Two Cities - A Story of the French Revolution • Charles Dickens

... Proud of their wisdom when on gooseberry shoots They stuck eggshells to fright from coming fruits The brisk-billed rascals; pausing still to see Their neighbour owls saunter from tree to tree, Or in the hushing half-light mouse the lane Long-winged and lordly. But when those hours wane, Indoors they ponder, scared by the harsh storm Whose pelting saracens on the window swarm, And listen for the mail to clatter past And church clock's deep ...

— Georgian Poetry 1920-22 • Various

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