v. t.
My tongue shall hush again this storm of war. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
With thou, then,
Hush my cares? Otway. [ 1913 Webster ]
And hush'd my deepest grief of all. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
To hush up,
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hush, idle words, and thoughts of ill. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]
But all these strangers' presence every one did hush. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Stillness; silence; quiet. [ R. ] “It is the hush of night.” Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hush money,
a. Silent; quiet. “Hush as death.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
adj. kept secret; -- used of reports;
n. An usher. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Mining) The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called