Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lulling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lull \Lull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lulled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lulling}.] [Akin to OD. lullen to sing to sleep, G. lullen,
Dan. lulle, Sw. lulla; all of imitative origin. Cf. {Loll},
{Lollard}.]
To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm;
to soothe; to quiet. `` To lull him soft asleep.'' --Spenser.
Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the
daughters of necessity. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lulling
adj : causing to become tranquil [syn: {calming}, {quietening}]
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