2. A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground.

Hus"band*ry (?), n. 1. Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic

management; thrift.

There's husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out.

Shak.

2. The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various branches of

agriculture; farming.

Husbandry supplieth all things necessary for food.

Spenser.

Hush (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hushed (?); 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.

My tongue shall hush again this storm of war.

Shak.

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