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Whist

Whist (whist)
interj.(?)
Whist
[Cf. G. st! pst! bst! (?)(?)(?). Cf. Hist.]
  1. Be silent; be still; hush; silence.

Whist

Whist (whist)
n.
Whist
  1. A certain game at cards; -- so called because it requires silence and close attention. It is played by four persons (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed.

    * Points are scored for the tricks taken in excess of six, and for the honors held. In long whist, now seldom played, ten points make the game; in short whist, now usually played in England, five points make the game. In American whist, so-called, honors are not counted, and seven points by tricks make the game.

Whist

Whist (whist)
v. t.
Whist
  1. To hush or silence.
    [Obs.] Spenser.

Whist

Whist (whist)
v. i.
Whist
  1. To be or become silent or still; to be hushed or mute.
    [R.] Surrey.

Whist

Whist (whist)
a.
Whist
  1. Not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still; quiet.
    "So whist and dead a silence." Sir J. Harrington.

    The winds, with wonder whist,
    Smoothly the waters kissed.     Milton.

    * This adjective generally follows its noun, or is used predicatively.

Whist

Whist (whist)
n.(?)
Whist
  1. A member of a self-appointed vigilance committee attempting by lynch-law methods to drive away or coerce persons obnoxious to it. Some early ones wore white hoods or masks.
    [U. S.] -- White"cap`, v. -- White"cap`per (#), n.












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