hushaby

[ huhsh-uh-bahy ]

interjection

1. hush (used as a command to be silent):

   Hushaby, baby.

hushaby

/ ˈhʌʃəˌbaɪ /

interjection

1. used in quietening a baby or child to sleep

noun

1. a lullaby

Word History and Origins

Origin of hushaby¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; hush + (lull)aby

Word History and Origins

Origin of hushaby¹

C18: from hush ¹+ by, as in bye-bye

Example Sentences

Not children, but child's-play, and the unexplored shadows and mysteries that lie 'up the mountain side of dreams' are the motives of the fantasies he sets on the page beside Stevenson's rhymes of old delights, and the rhymes of the land of counterpane, where Wynken Blynken and Nod, the Rockaby lady from Hushaby Street, and all kind drowsy fancies close round and shut away the crooked shadows into the night outside the nursery.

From Project Gutenberg

"It will be hungry after the long journey," said the old Stork, and, filling a bottle at the fountain, the bird carried it in its long bill to the baby and began to feed it, crooning at the same time the following verse: Hushaby, lullaby, Sweet flower from the sky; Glad be thy dreams, for thy Life lies before thee.

From Project Gutenberg

"Now, if you will excuse me, I'll feed the two babies who have just arrived," said the motherly old Stork; and so the children watched it and the other Storks for some time, and admired the gentle way in which they tended the babies, and heard again and again the crooning song: Hushaby, lullaby, Sweet flower from the sky, which always seemed to have the effect of sending the babies to sleep.

From Project Gutenberg

Dear little hands, Dear little feet, Quiet at last; Closed are the eyes: Lullaby, hushaby baby!

From Project Gutenberg

Very tender is the four-line Sicilian hushaby, in which the proud mother says— How beautiful my son is in his swaddling clothes; just think what he will be when he is big!

From Project Gutenberg