'Stilling' definitions:
Definition of 'Stilling'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- He having a full sway over the water, had power to still and compose it, as well as to move and disturb it. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To stop, as noise; to silence. [1913 Webster]
- With his name the mothers still their babies. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To appease; to calm; to quiet, as tumult, agitation, or excitement; as, to still the passions. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Toil that would, at least, have stilled an unquiet impulse in me. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To quiet; calm; allay; lull; pacify; appease; subdue; suppress; silence; stop; check; restrain. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stilling'
From: GCIDE
- Stilling \Still"ing\, n. [Cf. LG. stelling, G. stellen to set, to place.] A stillion. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Stilling'
- Still,
- Stilled,
- Stillness,
- be still,
- Still and anon,
- Still life,
- Still watcher,
- Still water,
- Still wine,
- coffey still,
- hold still for,
- stand still,
- still hunt,
- still room,
- still's disease,
- stock still,
- Still-burn,
- Still-closing,
- Still-hunt,
- Still-hunter,
- Still-hunting,
- Stock-still,
- Stone-still,
- still-fish,
- deadprenominal stagnant standingprenominal still,
- at rest inactive motionless static still,
- frozenpredicate rootedpredicate stock-still