Silent; still; quiet; as, they are hush as death. This adjective never precedes the noun which it qualifies, except in the compound, hushmoney.
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1. To be still; to be silent.
2. HUSH , imperative of the verb, used as an exclamation, be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise.
3. To hush up, to suppress; to keep concealed.
4. This matter is hushed up.
1. To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress noise; as, to hush the noisy crown; the winds were hushed.
2. My tongue shall hush again this storm of war.
4. Wilt thou then
5. HUSH my cares?
Silent; quiet.
Stillness; silence; quiet.
To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; -- esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise.
1. To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.
HushiÄrpur
Encyclopedia Britannica
HUSHIÄRPUR, a British district in the lieutenantgovernorship of the Punjab, India, lying between 30° 58' and 32° 5' N. lat. and between 75° 31' and 76° 4Γ 15'' E. long. It forms the central district of the Jalandhar division, and is bounded N.E. by the district of Kângra and the native state of Nâlagarh, N. and N.W. by the river Bias, S,W. by Jalandhar, and S. by the river Satlaj (Sutlej) and Ambâla (Umballa) district.
The district of Hushiârpur falls into two nearly equal portions of hill and plain country. Its eastern face consists of the westward slope of the Kângra Mountains; parallel with that ridge, a line of lower heights traverses the district from south to north, while between the two chains stretches a valley of uneven width, known as the Jaswân Dùn. Its upper portion is crossed by the Soân torrent, while the Sutlej sweeps into its lower end by a break in the hills, and flows in a southerly direction till it turns the flank of the central range, and debouches westwards upon the plains. This western plain consists of alluvial formation, with a general westerly slope owing to the deposit of silt from the mountain torrents in the submontane tract. The Bias has a fringe of lowland, open to moderate but not excessive inundations, and considered very fertile. A considerable area is covered by Government woodlands, under the care of the forest department....
Tħe census of 1868 was taken over an area of 2086 square miles, an 1 showed a total population of 938,890 (males, 504,393; females, 434,497). Of these, the Hindus numbered 415,471; Mahometans, 317,967; Sikhs, 79,417; and “others,” 126,035. The district contained nine municipalities in 1875-76, namely,—Hushiârpur (see below), Urmar Tanda (13,970), Mukerian(5116), Dasuya (8677), Anandpur (6405), Hariâna (7802), Garhdiwala (3874), Una (4908), and Mi<ini (Meeanee) (7942). The total imperial revenue in 1872-73 was £148,708; the local revenue for expenditure on works of public utility, £14,856. Fifteen civil and revenue judges exercised jurisdiction in the district. There were 321 schools, with 7066 pupils, receiving £2291 from the public funds.
The cultivated area in 1868 amounted to 751,707 acres, out of an assessed total of 1,335,245. Rice is largely grown, owing to the abundance of marshy flats along the banks of the Bias. The other products are wheat, barley, gram, tobacco, jodr, maize, moth, mash, cotton, and sugar-cane. The state of agricultural knowledge is very backward, and implements are of the simplest description. Only 17,836 acres are under irrigation, chiefly from an old canal in the northern corner. The trade of Hushiarpur is confined to its raw material, including grain, sugar, hemp, safflower, fibres, tobacco, indigo, and cotton; of these, sugar forms by far the most important commercial item. The manufactures are of no importance. Several religious fairs are held, at Anandpur, Mukeriân, and Achintpurni, all of which attract an enormous concourse of people. The Jalandhar and Kângra road forms the chief route; and good roads connect Hushiârpur and other centres with the neighbouring towns. The district, owing to its proximity to the hills, possesses a comparatively cool and humid climate. Malarious fever, cholera, and bowel complaints are the prevailing illnesses. The annual rainfall in 1871-72 was 32 6 inches. There are five charitable dispensaries.
The country around Hushiârpur formed part of the Katoch kingdom of Jalandhar. The state was eventually broken up, and the present district was divided between the râjâs of Ditârpur and Jaswân. They retained undisturbed possession of their territories until 1759, when the rising Sikh chieftains commenced a series of encroachments upon the hill tracts. In 1815 the aggressive mahârâjâ, Ranjit Sinh, forced the ruler of Jaswân to resign his territories in exchange for an estate on feudal tenure; three years later the râjâ of Ditârpur met with similar treatment. By the close of the year 1818 the whole country from the Sutlej to the Bias had come under the Government of Lahore, and after the first Sikh war in 1846 passed into the hands of the English Government. The deposed râjâs of Ditârpur and Jaswân received cash pensions from the new rulers, but expressed bitter disappointment at not being restored to their former sovereign position. Accordingly the outbreak of the Mooltan war, and the revolt of Ciιatthr Sinh in 1848, found the disaffected chieftains ready for rebellion. They organized a revolt, but the two râjâs and the other ringleaders were captured, and their estates confiscated.
Hushiârpur, municipal town and administrative headquarters of the above district, is situated on the bank of a broad sandy torrent. The population in 1868 numbered 13,022, comprising 6350 Hindus, 6002 Mahometans, 119 Sikhs, 62 Christians, and 489 “others.” The town was founded, according to tradition, about the early part of the 14th century. In 1809 it was occupied by Ranjit Sinh. The mahârâjâ and his successors maintained a considerable cantonment one mile south-east of the town, and the British Government kept it up for several years after the annexation. Floods often cause much damage, to guard against which an embankment was raised in 1852. The civil station contains tiιe district court house and treasury, βessions-house, tahHl and police offices, dispensary, staging bungalow, and sarai. Both station and town are plentifully wooded, and enjoy a good sanitary reputation. There is a trade in grain, sugar, and tobacco.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 12, p. 402
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A bribe to secure silence; money paid to hinder information, or disclosure of facts.
Moderation Roget’s Thesaurus §174
N. moderation, lenity, temperateness, gentleness, sobriety, quiet, mental calmness, moderating, anaphrodisia, relaxation, remission, mitigation, tranquilization, assuagement, contemporation, pacification, measure, juste milieu, golden mean, ἄριστον μέτρον, moderator, lullaby, sedative, lenitive, demulcent, antispasmodic, carminative, laudanum, rose water, balm, poppy, opiate, anodyne, milk, opium, "poppy or mandragora", wet blanket, palliative
V. be -moderate, keep within bounds, keep within compass, sober down, settle down, keep the peace, remit, relent, take in sail, moderate, soften, mitigate, temper, accoy|, attemper, contemper, mollify, lenify, dulcify, dull, take off the edge, blunt, obtund, sheathe, subdue, chasten, sober down, tone down, smooth down, weaken, lessen, check palliate, tranquilize, pacify, assuage, appease, swag, lull, soothe, compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet, hush, quell, sober, pacify, tame, damp, lay, allay, rebate, slacken, smooth, alleviate, rock to sleep, deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off, slake, curb, tame, smooth over, pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters, pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin, go out like a lamb, "roar you as gently as any sucking dove,"
Adj. moderate, lenient, gentle, mild, mellow, cool, sober, temperate, reasonable, measured, tempered, calm, unruffled, quiet, tranquil, still, slow, smooth, untroubled, tame, peaceful, peaceable, pacific, halcyon, unexciting, unirritating, soft, bland, oily, demulcent, lenitive, anodyne, hypnotic, sedative, antiorgastic, anaphrodisiac, mild as mother's milk, milk and water
Adv. moderately, gingerly, piano, under easy sail, at half speed, within bounds, within compass, in reason
Phr. est modue in rebus, pour oil on troubled waters, 4, indirect power
Quiescence Roget’s Thesaurus §265
N. rest, stillness, quiescence, stagnation, stagnancy, fixity, immobility, catalepsy, indisturbance, quietism, quiet, tranquility, calm, repose, peace, dead calm, anticyclone|, statue-like repose, silence, not a breath of air, not a mouse stirring, sleep, pause, lull, stand still, standing still, lock, dead lock, dead stop, dead stand, full stop, fix, embargo, resting place, gite, bivouac, home, pillow, haven, goal
V. be quiescent, stand still, lie still, keep quiet, repose, hold the breath, remain, stay, stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ, tarry, mark time, bring to, heave to, lay to, pull up, draw up, hold, halt, stop, stop short, rest, pause, anchor, cast to an anchor, come to an anchor, rest on one's oars, repose on one's laurels, take breath, stop, stagnate, quieta non movere, let alone, abide, rest and be thankful, keep within doors, stay at home, go to bed, dwell, settle, alight stick, stick fast, stand like a post, not stir a peg, not stir a step, be at a stand, quell, becalm, hush, stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on
Adj. quiescent, still, motionless, moveless, fixed, stationary, immotile, at rest at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor, stock, still, standing still, sedentary, untraveled, stay-at-home, becalmed, stagnant, quiet, unmoved, undisturbed, unruffled, calm, restful, cataleptic, immovable, sleeping, silent, still as a statue, still as a post, still as a mouse, still as death, vegetative, vegetating
Adv. at a stand, tout court, at the halt
Phr. requiescat in pace, deus nobis haec otia fecit, "the noonday quiet holds the hill"
Silence Roget’s Thesaurus §403
N. silence, stillness, peace, hush, lull, muteness, solemn silence, awful silence, dead silence, deathlike silence
V. be silent, hold one's tongue, render silent, silence, still, hush, stifle, muffle, stop, muzzle, put to silence
Adj. silent, still, stilly, noiseless, soundless, hushed, mute, soft, solemn, awful, deathlike, silent as the grave, inaudible
Adv. silently, sub silentio
Phr. one might hear a feather drop, one might hear a pin drop, so quiet you could hear a pin drop, grosse seelen dulden still, le silence est la vertu de ceux qui ne sont pas sages, le silence est le parti le plus sar de celui se dfie de soi-meme, "silence more musical than any song", tacent satis laudant, better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt
Taciturnity Roget’s Thesaurus §585
N. silence, muteness, obmutescence, taciturnity, pauciloquy, costiveness|, curtness, reserve, reticence, man of few words
V. be silent, keep silence, keep mum, hold one's tongue, hold one's peace, hold one's jaw, not speak, &c. 582, say nothing, keep one's counsel, seal the lips, close the lips, button the lips, zipper the lips, put a padlock on the lips, put a padlock on the mouth, put a bridle on one's tongue, bite one's tongue, keep one's tongue between one's teeth, make no sign, not let a word escape one, keep a secret, not have a word to say, hush up, hush, lay the finger on the lips, place the finger on the lips, render mute, stick in one's throat
Adj. silent, mute, mum, silent as a post, silent as a stone, silent as the grave, dumb, unconversable, taciturn, sparing of words, closetongued, costive|, inconversable|, curt, reserved, reticent
Phr. cave quid dicis quando et cui, volto sciolto i pensieri stretti
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27 KJV and 29 BSB verses contain “hush” — showing the first 20. Show all 31 verses (searchable)
And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:
And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.
So Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”
And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha.
Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;
And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.
When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.