hush /hʌʃ/noun 3verb 5forms 5phrases 3 noun3 •a moment of complete quiet, often after loud sounds have stoppedIt is the hush of night. — 1816 •Water which has been used to clear the soil off of some (area of) rock or ore.[…] the hush from the lead mines on the moors near that place enters the Arkle, and the stream below suffers materially, the fishing being of little good — 1851 •A part of a mine or quarry where ore is to be, or has been, excavated by an artificial flow of water. verb5 •To become quiet. •To make quiet. •To appease; to allay; to soothe.VVilt thou then / Hush my Cares thus, and shelter me vvith Love? — 1682 •(Scotland, Northern-England) To rush, to gush.On the fluir, bluid an punch now hush't leyke a stream, […] — 1840 •To send forth a rush of water over (some ground) so as to clear off the soil and other materials overlying, and thus uncover or separate out, ore.The earliest method of searching for lead ore was by collecting the water in dams and hushing the surface of the ground where metalliferous veins existed. — 1886 formshush'd · hushed · husht · hushing · hushes Phrases with hush hush downTo quieten; to make quiet hush upTo become quiet; to cease making sounds. on the hushSecretly; in secret.
