Hushing
['hʌʃiŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hush
(n.) The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming.
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Examples
- When the little child awoke, and when and how Charley got at it, took it out of bed, and began to walk about hushing it, I don't know. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Three tumbrils faring away with their dread loads over the hushing snow. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Dead darkness lay on all the landscape, dead darkness added its own hush to the hushing dust on all the roads. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- That morning I was disposed for silence: the austere fury of the winter-day had on me an awing, hushing influence. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A pause of some seconds succeeded, filled up by the low, vague hum of numbers; Miss Miller walked from class to class, hushing this indefinite sound. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- There was some hushing, and the Judge went on with what he had to say to the rest. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Far from hushing the thing up, I have brought a gentleman down from London to inquire more deeply into it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Don't think of avenging me; think only of hushing the story and protecting her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- On many a night like this, and many a worse night, I have sat on the stones of the street, hushing you in my arms. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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