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English Dictionary: stilling by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stilling \Still"ing\, n. [Cf. LG. stelling, G. stellen to set,
      to place.]
      A stillion. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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