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Stillness :: Stillness (n.) The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.

Silence :: Silence (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness..

Choke Pear :: Choke pear () A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that can not be answered.

Mum-chance :: Mum-chance (n.) A game of hazard played with cards in silence.

Preserve :: Preserve (v. t.) To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence..

Squeak :: Squeak (v. i.) To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.

Whist :: Whist (n.) A certain game at cards; -- so called because it requires silence and close attention. It is played by four persons (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed..

Muse :: Muse (n.) To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate.

Break :: Break (v. t.) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey..

Squelch :: Squelch (v. t.) To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.

Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession..

Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence..

Respectuous :: Respectuous (a.) Respectful; as, a respectuous silence..

Silence :: Silence (n.) Absence of mention; oblivion.

Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down..

Floor :: Floor (v. t.) To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent..

Gag :: Gag (v. t.) To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to..

Silence :: Silence (v. t.) To put to rest; to quiet.

Silence :: Silence (interj.) Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence..

Selah :: Selah (n.) A word of doubtful meaning, occuring frequently in the Psalms; by some, supposed to signify silence or a pause in the musical performance of the song..

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