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Silentiary :: Silentiary (n.) One appointed to keep silence and order in court; also, one sworn not to divulge secrets of state..

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

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

Clum :: Clum (interj.) Silence; hush.

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.

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

Taciturnity :: Taciturnity (n.) Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking..

Confute :: Confute (v. t.) To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.

Hush :: Hush (v. t.) To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.

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

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

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

Meal :: Meal (n.) The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the act or time of eating a meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was silence during the meal..

Silence :: Silence (v. t.) To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of preaching; as, to silence a minister of the gospel..

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

Oyez :: Oyez (interj.) Hear; attend; -- a term used by criers of courts to secure silence before making a proclamation. It is repeated three times.

Tacit :: Tacit (a.) Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection..

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..

Quietus :: Quietus (a.) Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death..

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

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