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Lull   /ləl/   Listen
noun
Lull  n.  
1.
The power or quality of soothing; that which soothes; a lullaby. (R.)
2.
A temporary cessation of storm or confusion.


verb
Lull  v. t.  (past & past part. lulled; pres. part. lulling)  To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet. " To lull him soft asleep." "Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the daughters of necessity."


Lull  v. i.  To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls.





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"Lull" Quotes from Famous Books



... can trace their Church back to the time of St. Augustine. They will by no means allow that they started into being only in the sixteenth century. In fact, it is quite pathetic to watch the strenuous efforts they make, and the extravagant means to which they have recourse, in order to lull themselves into the peaceful enjoyment of so sweet and ...
— The Purpose of the Papacy • John S. Vaughan
... through the dark aisles, and the nightingale cheers you with his varied and mimic song. A thousand sights and sounds, that seem to be possessed of some mysterious and narcotic power, lull you into silence and sleep—a sleep ...
— The Rifle Rangers • Captain Mayne Reid
... Friday and Saturday; and Sunday brought a lull. Faith thought so, and felt so. Her roast turkeys and chickens were reposing in spicy readiness; her boiled meats and bakeries were all accomplished and in waiting; and dismissing all but a little joyful background thought of them, Faith gave her whole heart and mind to the full Sabbath ...
— Say and Seal, Volume II • Susan Warner
... sweet tale: Such as would lull a listening child to sleep, His rosy face besoiled with unwiped tears. ...
— Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey • Joseph Cottle
... contained in this undeniable remark Edward endeavoured to lull the tumult of his conflicting feelings. The Chieftain and he, combining their plaids, made a comfortable and warm couch. Callum, sitting down at their head (for it was his duty to watch upon the immediate person of the Chief), began a long mournful song in Gaelic, ...
— Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete • Sir Walter Scott


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