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▪ I. † hust, int. Obs.
[A natural utterance or ‘vocal gesture’, enjoining silence. It varies with husht, huisht, whisht, whist, and hist, all having the characteristic element 'st! 'sht! preceded by the whispered consonant h or hw, with the connecting vowel i, or u (ui). See hist.
As an interjection of command it is in effect identical with a verb in the imperative; nearly all the above variants were so treated, and in course of time developed verbs of the same form. The forms husht, whist were also in early use as adjs. of condition; thence, by further development, came the vb. hush, followed by adj. and int. of the same form.]
A sharp whispered sound enjoining silence: = hist! st! hush!
c1386Chaucer Miller's T. 536 (only in Ellesm. MS.), Vn to Nicholas she seyde stille Now hust and thou shalt laughen al thy fille.
▪ II. † hust, a. Obs.
[app. an adjectival use of hust int., as expressing the state which the int. produces: cf. husht a.; also whist, whisht adjs.]
Silent, quiet, hushed.
c1374Chaucer Troylus ii. 866 (915) Whan al was hust þanne lay she stille and þoughte. ― Boeth. ii. met. v. 35 (Camb. MS.) Tho weeryn þ⊇ crwel claryouns ful hust [Addit. MS. whist] and ful stylle. c1385― L.G.W. 2682 Hypermnestra, And hust [Fairf. hushst, Tanner houste, Thynne hushte] were alle In argon that cete. c1386― Knt.'s T. 2123 Whan they were set and hust [3 MSS. huyst, Harl. hussht] was al the place.
▪ III. † hust, v. Obs. rare—0.
[app. derived from hust int., which can also be taken as a vb. in the imperative.]
a. trans. To reduce to silence, to hush.
b. intr. To be silent.
1530Palsgr. 589/1, I huste, I styll, je repayse and je recoyse. 1570Levins Manip. 194/23 Huste, silére. |