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hushaby

hushaby

English

Interjection

hushaby

  1. (archaic) hush and be still. A lull to sleep.
    • 1892. Eugene Field. Hushaby Sweet my Own. In With Trumpet and Drum. page 106 :
      The night is fair, and the waves are still,
      And the wind is singing to you and to me
      In this lowly home beside the sea —
      Hushaby, sweet my own!

Verb

hushaby (third-person singular simple present hushabies, present participle hushabying, simple past and past participle hushabied)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To lull to sleep by saying "hushaby".