Such fiery passions and such fierce assaults A little sprinkled dust controls and quells.
"The Georgics"
Virgil
Here is a piece of wire gauze, which will not let the flame go through it; and I think you will see, almost immediately, that when I bring it low enough to touch that part of the flame which is otherwise so bright, that it quells and quenches it at once, and allows a volume of smoke to rise up.
"The Chemical History Of A Candle"
Michael Faraday
He quells and moves by overwhelming strength and splendor."
"Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday"
Henry C. Lahee