Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hushing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hush \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.
2. To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hushing \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.
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