[f. STILL v.2 + -ED1.] Made quiet; quietened; silent.
1614. Gorges, Lucan, I. 26. And being layd, the stilled maine Reclaimes her mounted waues againe.
1820. C. R. Maturin, Melmoth (1892), III. xxiv. 65. Murderers exchanging their stilled and midnight whispers.
1874. Lisle Carr, Jud. Gwynne, I. i. 10. The sweet rhythmical music … came chiming through the stilled air.
1883. G. Meredith, Poems & Lyrics, 84, Melampus, xi.
| He drew the Master of harmonies, voiced or stilled, | |
| To seek him. |
