Sentence:  The voice of the auctioneer is slow and low ...; after a pause, which seems no <WSD>silenter</WSD> than the rest of the transaction, he ceases to repeat the bids, and his fish, in the measure of a bushel or so, have gone for a matter of three shillings. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.