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Definition of Hushing
1. Noun. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval). "The performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience"
Generic synonyms: Noise
Derivative terms: Hiss, Hiss, Hiss, Hiss, Hiss, Hiss, Sibilate
Definition of Hushing
1. n. The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming.
Definition of Hushing
1. Noun. The use of a heavy discharge of water to uncover a mineral vein or wash ore. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of hush) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hushing
1. hush [v] - See also: hush
Medical Definition of Hushing
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hushing
Literary usage of Hushing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Geology: Intended to Convey a Practical Knowledge of the by Robert Bakewell, Benjamin Silliman (1833)
"Erosive Action ef running Water, illustrated by the Process c?lled hushing.—Bursting
of Lakes. —Some valleys originally formed by Elevation or Subsidence, ..."
2. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"Perhaps, at the moment that Mr. McLean is advertising for her, »he is hushing
the little thing in her bosom, and them, what 's a humane man to do ? ..."
3. Songs of the Outlands: Ballads of the Hoboes and Other Verse by Henry Herbert Knibbs (1914)
"... WIND IS NEVER hushing O MOTHER, little mother, 't is a weary way before me!
And my heart is ever aching all the night, and oh, the dawn Brings the wind ..."
4. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"... Miserable Trade—"hushing it up for His Family's Sake" — Literary Blackmail —
Practising upon Human Vanity—Matrimonial Advertising — A Matrimonial Bureau ..."
5. A Text-book of Ore and Stone Mining by Clement le Neve Foster (1894)
"hushing.f—hushing consists in causing a stream of water to rush down a hillside,
and cut a ditch through the soil, which will lay bare the outcrops of veins ..."
6. The Life and Writings of Major Jack Downing [pseud.] of Downingville: Away by Seba] [Smith (1834)
"In which Major Downing tells hoio Mr Clay put a stop to that fuss in South
Carolina, besides hushing up some other quarrels. Washington City, March 10,1833. ..."
7. The Life and Writings of Major Jack Downing: Pseud. of Downingville, Away by Seba Smith (1834)
"In which Major Downing tells how Mr. Clay put a stop to that fuss in South
Carolina, besides hushing up some other quarrels. ..."
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