hushaby

== English == === Alternative forms === hush-a-bye === Etymology === Blend of hush +‎ lullaby or hush +‎ -a- (connective interfix) +‎ by (“goodbye, as in bye-bye”). === Interjection === hushaby (archaic) hush and be still; a lull to sleep 1892. Eugene Field. Hushaby Sweet my Own. In With Trumpet and Drum. page 106 [1]: The night is fair, and the waves are still, And the wind is singing to you and to me In this lowly home beside the sea — Hushaby, sweet my own! === Noun === hushaby (plural hushabies) A lullaby used to soothe babies to sleep. === Verb === hushaby (third-person singular simple present hushabies, present participle hushabying, simple past and past participle hushabied) (archaic, transitive) To lull to sleep by saying "hushaby". === References ===