† whistnessn.
Obsolete.
Silence, stillness.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [noun] > silence
stillnessc1050
silence?c1225
clum1340
stillhead1340
quiet?c1450
whust1558
husht1566
muteness1590
silency1595
still1608
hushtness1609
whistness1609
silentness1664
noiselessness1834
soundlessness1834
non-speech1863
shush1954
deafening silence1968
ciunas1986
1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. B Whistnesse had taken possession of the woods.
1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον 116 This universall whistnesse; where none come But Taciturnitie and Silence dombe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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