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Definition of Stilling
Stilling Still Still, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stilled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stilling.] [AS. stillan, from stille still, quiet, firm.
See Still, a.]
1. To stop, as motion or agitation; to cause to become quiet,
or comparatively quiet; to check the agitation of; as, to
still the raging sea.
He having a full sway over the water, had power to
still and compose it, as well as to move and disturb
it. --Woodward.
2. To stop, as noise; to silence.
With his name the mothers still their babies.
--Shak.
3. To appease; to calm; to quiet, as tumult, agitation, or
excitement; as, to still the passions. --Shak.
Toil that would, at least, have stilled an unquiet
impulse in me. --Hawthorne.
Syn: To quiet; calm; allay; lull; pacify; appease; subdue;
suppress; silence; stop; check; restrain.
Stilling Stilling Still"ing, n. [Cf. LG. stelling, G. stellen to set,
to place.]
A stillion. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
