#403.  Silence. —­ N. silence; stillness &c. (quiet) 265; peace, hush,
lull; muteness &c. 581; solemn silence, awful silence, dead silence, deathlike silence. 
     V. be silent &c. adj.; hold one’s tongue &c. (not speak) 585.
     render silent &c. adj.; silence, still, hush; stifle, muffle, stop;
muzzle, put to silence &c. (render mute) 581. 
     Adj. silent; still, stilly; noiseless, soundless; hushed &c. v.; mute
&c. 581.
     soft, solemn, awful, deathlike, silent as the grave; inaudible &c.
(faint) 405. 
     Adv. silently &c. adj.; sub silentio[Lat]. 
     Int. hush! silence! soft! whist! tush! chut[obs3]! tut! pax[Lat]! be
quiet! be silent! be still! shut up![rude]; chup[obs3]! chup rao[obs3]! tace[It]! 
     Phr. one might hear a feather drop, one might hear a pin drop, so
quiet you could hear a pin drop; grosse Seelen dulden still [German]; le silence est la vertu de ceux qui ne sont pas sages [French]; le silence est le parti le plus sar de celui se dfie de soi-meme[French]; “silence more musical than any song” [C.  G. Rossetti]; tacent satis laudant[Latin]; better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt.

     #404.  Loudness.—­ N. loudness, power; loud noise, din; blare; clang,
clangor; clatter, noise, bombilation[obs3], roar, uproar, racket, hubbub, bobbery[obs3], fracas, charivari[obs3], trumpet blast, flourish of trumpets, fanfare, tintamarre[obs3], peal, swell, blast, larum[obs3], boom; bang (explosion) 406; resonance &c. 408.
     vociferation, hullabaloo, &c. 411; lungs; Stentor.
artillery, cannon; thunder. 
     V. be loud &c. adj.; peal, swell, clang, boom, thunder, blare,
fulminate, roar; resound &c. 408. speak up, shout &c. (vociferate) 411; bellow &c. (cry as an animal) 412.
     rend the air, rend the skies; fill the air; din in the ear, ring in
the ear, thunder in the ear; pierce the ears, split the ears, rend the ears, split the head; deafen, stun; faire le diable a quatre[Fr]; make one’s windows shake, rattle the windows; awaken the echoes, startle the echoes; wake the dead. 
     Adj. loud, sonorous; high-sounding, big-sounding; deep, full,
powerful, noisy, blatant, clangorous, multisonous[obs3]; thundering, deafening &c. v; trumpet-tongued; ear-splitting, ear-rending, ear-deafening; piercing; obstreperous, rackety, uproarious; enough to wake the dead, enough to wake seven sleepers.
     shrill &c. 410 clamorous &c. (vociferous) 411 stentorian,
stentorophonic|. 
     Adv. loudly &c. adj. aloud; at the top of one’s voice, at the top of
one’s lungs, lustily, in full cry. 
     Phr. the air rings with; “the deep dread-bolted thunder” [Lear].