STILL (4)

still (4). Still, n. a vessel for distillation, calm, silence

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Still, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stilling.] [[AS. stillan, from stille still, quiet, firm. See Still, a.]] 1. 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. 2. To stop, as noise; to silence.
With his name the mothers still their babies. Shak. 3. 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.