With thou, then, Hush my cares?
Otway.
And hush'd my deepest grief of all.
Tennyson.
To hush up, to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep secret.
"This matter is hushed up." Pope.
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.
Keble.
But all these strangers' presence every one did hush.
Spenser.
Hush, n. Stillness; silence; quiet. [R.] "It is the hush of night."
Byron.
Hush money, money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the disclosure
of facts. Swift.
Hush, a. Silent; quiet. "Hush as death." Shak.
Hush"er (?), n. An usher. [Obs.] Spenser.
Hush"ing, 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.
Husk (?), n. [Prob. for hulsk, and from the same root as hull a husk.
See Hull a husk.] 1. The external covering or envelope of certain
fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially
applied to the covering of the ears of maize.