With his name the mothers still their babies.
Shak.
3. To appease; to calm; to quiet, as tumult, agitation, or excitement;
as, to still the passions. Shak.
Toil that would, at least, have stilled an unquiet impulse in me.
Hawthorne.
Syn. -- To quiet; calm; allay; lull; pacify; appease; subdue; suppress;
silence; stop; check; restrain.
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Still (?), n. [Cf. OE. stillatorie. See Still, v., to distill.] 1. A
vessel, boiler, or copper used in the distillation of liquids;
specifically, one used for the distillation of alcoholic liquors; a
retort. The name is sometimes applied to the whole apparatus used in in
vaporization and condensation.