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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



... but in the Philippines Amid these sunny tropic scenes That lull the senses into rest, Could come this genius of the West? For, not content with colt and swine, He must produce domestic kine— To heap the brimming measure full He ...
— Terry - A Tale of the Hill People • Charles Goff Thomson

... making a detour would cost them many hours of valuable time. There was, however, no help for it, and they walked to Criksey Ferry. The little inn was crowded, for the ferry had been stopped all day, and many like themselves had been compelled to stop for a lull in ...
— By England's Aid or The Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604) • G.A. Henty

... evermore controul, And Thought still lord it o'er her soul? Queen of all wonders and delight, Say, canst not thou possess her quite, Sweet Poesy! and balm distil For every ache, and every ill? Like as in infancy, thy art Could lull to rest that throbbing heart! Could say to each emotion, Cease! And render it a realm of peace, Where beckoning Hope led on Surprize To see thy magic ...
— The Lay of Marie • Matilda Betham

... in 1543—two years before Luther. For thirty-six years—all through the Reformation struggle—he was quietly working out his theory. The book containing it he did not venture to publish, till under Paul III. there was a lull in the storm. He was a loyal Catholic, but his teaching was sure to conflict with the church. He kept alive just long enough to see his book come from the printers—dying at the age of seventy. Tycho Brahe, ...
— The Chief End of Man • George S. Merriam

... be taken at all seriously. The whole diplomatic correspondence on this subject which went on between the two Governments while Mr. Blaine was Secretary of State, from the 4th of March 1881 to the 20th of December 1881, was of a sort to lull the British Government into the belief that "suspects" might be freely and safely arrested and locked up all over Ireland, with no more question of their nationality than of any evidence to establish their guilt or their innocence. ...
— Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888) • William Henry Hurlbert


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