Dictionary entry

Hush (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Hush, v. i. To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; — esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise.

Hush, idle words, and thoughts of ill. Keble.

But all these strangers' presence every one did hush. Spenser.