stone-stilladv.adj.

Etymology: See stone n. 18 and still adv., still adj.; compare stock-still adj.

a. As still as a stone; perfectly still or motionless. Usually after sit, stand, lie, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > [adverb] > without moving

to stand stillc1000

stone-still?c1225

statuelike1640

unmovingly1733

stirlessly1825

statically1841

motionlessly1847

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 303 Ȝe sitten wið marie stanstille ed godesfet & hercneð him Ane.

c1475 Hunt. Hare 42 Jac Wade hase a dogge..wyll take a bull, And hold hym ston-styll.

c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 491 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 21 Þe body lay stan still.

1608 R. L'Estrange tr. F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas Visions vii. 212 At the very name of Priest,..Lucifer stood stone-still, as mute as a fish.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. i. 76 I will not struggle, I will stand stone still .

?1718 A. Pope Corr. (1956) I. 509 I imagined it had been a village in Amphion's time, where all the cottages having taken a country dance together, had..stood stone-still with amazement ever since.

1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel I. ii. 35 She lay stone-still in a trance of terror.

†b. Perfectly quiet or silent. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adjective] > silent

coyc1330

stone-still1338

quietc1384

softa1393

peacec1400

swownc1400

tongueless1447

clumc1485

mutec1500

whist1513

silent1542

dead1548

husht1557

whisted1557

whust1558

whisht1570

huisht1576

quiet (also mum, mute, still, etc.) as a mouse (in a cheese)1584

fordead1593

noiseless1608

whisha1612

dumba1616

soundlessa1616

st1655

silentish1737

defta1763

sleeping1785

untoned1807

mousy1812

soughless1851

deathlike1856

whisperless1863

deathly1865

1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1725) 266 Nouþer suld werri bi lond, no in water bi schip, Bot hold þam stone stille in pes at þer cuntre.

c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 1735 Scho sewyd hyr modyr wylle, And went hom al ston stille.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	stone-still
释义	stone-stilladv.adj. Etymology: See stone n. 18 and still adv., still adj.; compare stock-still adj. a. As still as a stone; perfectly still or motionless. Usually after sit, stand, lie, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [adverb] > without moving to stand stillc1000 stone-still?c1225 statuelike1640 unmovingly1733 stirlessly1825 statically1841 motionlessly1847 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 303 Ȝe sitten wið marie stanstille ed godesfet & hercneð him Ane. c1475 Hunt. Hare 42 Jac Wade hase a dogge..wyll take a bull, And hold hym ston-styll. c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 491 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 21 Þe body lay stan still. 1608 R. L'Estrange tr. F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas Visions vii. 212 At the very name of Priest,..Lucifer stood stone-still, as mute as a fish. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. i. 76 I will not struggle, I will stand stone still . View more context for this quotation ?1718 A. Pope Corr. (1956) I. 509 I imagined it had been a village in Amphion's time, where all the cottages having taken a country dance together, had..stood stone-still with amazement ever since. 1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel I. ii. 35 She lay stone-still in a trance of terror. †b. Perfectly quiet or silent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adjective] > silent coyc1330 stone-still1338 quietc1384 softa1393 peacec1400 swownc1400 tongueless1447 clumc1485 mutec1500 whist1513 silent1542 dead1548 husht1557 whisted1557 whust1558 whust1558 whisht1570 huisht1576 quiet (also mum, mute, still, etc.) as a mouse (in a cheese)1584 fordead1593 noiseless1608 whisha1612 dumba1616 soundlessa1616 st1655 silentish1737 defta1763 sleeping1785 untoned1807 mousy1812 soughless1851 deathlike1856 whisperless1863 deathly1865 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1725) 266 Nouþer suld werri bi lond, no in water bi schip, Bot hold þam stone stille in pes at þer cuntre. c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 1735 Scho sewyd hyr modyr wylle, And went hom al ston stille. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adv.adj.?c1225
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