Definitions
1.VerbTo become quiet.
2.VerbTo make quiet.
3.VerbTo appease; to allay; to soothe.
4.NounA silence, especially after some noise.
5.VerbTo rush, to gush.
6.VerbTo send forth a rush of water over (some ground) so as to clear off the soil and other materials overlying, and thus uncover or separate out, ore.
7.NounWater which has been used to clear the soil off of some (area of) rock or ore.
8.NounA part of a mine or quarry where ore is to be, or has been, excavated by an artificial flow of water.