† whistn.¹

Etymology: Imitative.

Obsolete. rare.

A whistling sound, a whistle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > whistle

whew1513

whistling1513

whiplinga1529

whist1579

whewing?1590

siffling1603

sifflement1607

whistlea1648

whutea1663

whiff1712

whoop1840

whiffle1972

1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 268/2 If a sheepeheard..giue a whist with his mouthe to gather his sheepe together.

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whistn.²

Brit.

/wɪst/,

/hwɪst/, U.S.

/(h)wɪst/

Etymology: < whist int.¹ or whist v.¹

†1. An utterance of the interjection ‘whist!’ as a command for silence. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [noun] > silence > call for silence

whisht1553

whista1648

shush1954

a1648 W. Percy Cuck-queanes & Cuckolds Errants (1824) i. iii. 15 With a whist and with a Hush Hast wee both Two to the Bush.

2. Silence: in to hold one's whist, to keep silence. Irish English. (Cf. whisht n. 2.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > lose the voice [verb (intransitive)] > not utter

to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175

to hold (also have, keep) one's peacea1275

peacec1395

muffa1500

to put a sock in ita1529

whista1547

to say not muff1652

to hold one's whisht1786

to shut (one's) pan1799

to shut up1840

to hold one's whistc1874

to shut (one's) head, face1876

to wrap up1943

c1874 D. Boucicault Shaughraun (c1884) i. iii. 7/2 Hould your whist now! Wipe your mouth, an' give me a kiss!

1897 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang (at cited word) ‘Hold your whist,’ i.e., hold your tongue, is an Irishism which has passed into English slang.

1898 M. MacDonagh Irish Life 237 'Tis yer brother that's spakin' to yez, and askin' yez to hould yer whist!

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whistn.³

Brit.

/wɪst/, U.S.

/(h)wɪst/

Etymology: Altered < whisk n.², explained as in quot. 1680 at main sense.

A game of cards played (ordinarily) by four persons, of whom each two sitting opposite each other are partners, with a pack of 52 cards, which are dealt face downwards to the players in rotation, so that each has a hand of 13 cards; one of the suits (usually determined by the last card dealt, which is then turned face upwards) is trumps (see trump n.² 1); the players play in rotation, each four successive cards so played constituting a trick (trick n. 12), in which each player after the leader must follow suit if he holds a card of the suit led, otherwise may either discard or trump; the winner of a trick becomes the leader of the next trick; points are scored according to the number of tricks won, and in some forms of the game also by the honours or highest trumps (honour n. 8a) held by each pair of partners. dummy whist: see dummy whist n. at dummy n. Compounds 2. duplicate whist, a form of the game in which the hands played are preserved and played again by the opposing partners. short whist, the form now usual in England, in which the score is five points with honours counting. long whist: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > [noun]

whist1663

whisk-

1663 Hudibras: Second Pt. i. 7 But what was this? A Game at Whist, Unto our Plowden-Canonist.

1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) 83 Whist is a Game not much differing from [Ruff and Honours], only they put out the Deuces and take in no stock; and is called Whist from the silence that is to be observed in the play; they deal as before, playing four, two of a side, (some play at two handed, or three handed Whist).

1742 H. Walpole Corr. (1820) I. 225 Whist has spread an universal opium over the whole nation.

1758 T. Warton Idler 2 Dec. 273 We sate late at Whist.

1829 E. M. Arnaud Epitome Whist 29 The game is won by the party whose score first amounts to ten points in Long Whist, or five in Short Whist.

1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton 57 My little gains at short-whist.

1885 R. A. Proctor How to play Whist Introd. 1 Whist, properly played, is the finest of all card games.

1891 J. T. Mitchell (title) Duplicate-Whist.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

whist club n.

ΚΠ

1799 E. D. Clarke in Life (1824) 349 I shall..ask him, if he will..belong to our whist club.

whist-like adj.

whist memory n.

ΚΠ

1886 ‘Cavendish’ Princ. Whist 136 With practice, you will acquire what may be termed ‘whist memory’.

whist party n.

ΚΠ

1744 S. Fielding Adventures David Simple I. ii. i. 144 One of the Ladies, who was of the Whist-Party the Night before.

1828 R. Peel Priv. Lett. (1920) 109 A whist party consisting of the Duke of Wellington, Mrs. Arbuthnot, Lord Westmorland, Lady A. Beckett.

1861 C. J. Lever One of Them xxvii His notion is, that life, like a whist-party, requires an accomplice.

whist-play n.

ΚΠ

1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 544/2 All rules of whist-play depend upon..general principles.

whist-player n.

ΚΠ

1744 S. Fielding Adventures David Simple I. ii. i. 147 Your Curiosity seems to be fully satisfied with what you have seen of the whist-players.

1770 in A. Carlyle Autobiogr. (1910) 560 He makes a very good livelihood..by betting on the whist-players.

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 161 Feeling what a whist-player feels when he takes up four honors, seven trumps!

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) vi. 53 The whist-players were, Mr. Pickwick and the old lady; Mr. Miller and the fat gentleman.

whist-playing adj. and n.

ΚΠ

1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott IV. i. 7 A few whist-playing brother officers, that met for an evening rubber at Fortune's tavern.

1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. ii. 21 There was less whist-playing than might have been expected.

whist-table n.

ΚΠ

1753 Scots Mag. 15 36/1 Her absence rendered one whist-table useless.

1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon i There were whist tables in the library if any one cared to play.

C2.

whist-drive n. a party of progressive whist (see progressive adj. 2c) played for prizes, now often as a means of raising funds for charities.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > [noun] > party

whist-drive1903

1903 ‘Jar’ Progr. Whist 6 A Whist Drive is a modification of Progressive Whist.

1915 T. Burke Nights in Town 179 When I received the invitation to the whist-drive at Surbiton my first thought was, ‘Not likely!’

1924 R. Kipling Debits & Credits (1926) 116 She told me there was a whist-drive that afternoon at the Institute.

1959 Manch. Guardian 7 Aug. 5/2 A village hall..provides a community centre for concerts, whist drives, dances.

1977 Lancs. Life Nov. 73/1 They raised the money themselves (with hot pot suppers, whist drives, amateur drama and dances).

1981 G. Markstein Ultimate Issue 196 In the lobby of the officers' club the wives were having a whist drive.

Derivatives

whist v. (a) transitive to play out (a card) at whist; (b) intransitive to play whist.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > play whist [verb (intransitive)]

whist1810

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > play (a card) [verb (transitive)]

whist1810

1810 Splendid Follies III. 6 She generally whisted out kings before aces, and revoked every deal.

1827 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 433 Talking, singing, whisting.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xxii Bankers..in great force.., musical bankers, and bankers that danced, bankers that billiarded and whisted.

ˈwhister n. a whist-player.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > [noun] > player

whister1860

whisker-

1860 All Year Round 17 Mar. 482/2 Your erring mortal, your whister,..rash with his aces, and a niggard of some beggarly small trump.

ˈwhisthood n. age or state of ability to play whist.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > [noun] > player > ability to play

whisthood1854

1854 Chambers's Jrnl. 2 Dec. 353/2 Young ladies, nearly arrived at whisthood.

ˈwhisty adj. addicted to whist.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > [adjective] > addicted to whist

whisty1884

1884 J. Middlemass Poisoned Arrows ix The whisty old colonel.

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whistadj.¹

Brit.

/wɪst/,

/hwɪst/, U.S.

/(h)wɪst/

Forms: Also 1500s quist, whyst(e, whiste.

Etymology: < whist int.¹ Compare hust adj., whisht adj.¹, whust v.

archaic and dialect.

a. Silent, quiet, still, hushed; making no sound; free from noise or disturbance. (Usually predicative) Also adverbially = silently, quietly, without noise.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adjective] > silent

coyc1330

stone-still1338

quietc1384

softa1393

peacec1400

swownc1400

tongueless1447

clumc1485

mutec1500

whist1513

silent1542

dead1548

husht1557

whisted1557

whust1558

whisht1570

huisht1576

quiet (also mum, mute, still, etc.) as a mouse (in a cheese)1584

fordead1593

noiseless1608

whisha1612

dumba1616

soundlessa1616

st1655

silentish1737

defta1763

sleeping1785

untoned1807

mousy1812

soughless1851

deathlike1856

whisperless1863

deathly1865

14.. Chaucer's Boeth. ii. met. v (MS. B. Mus.) Þo weren þe cruel clariouns ful whist [MS. Camb. hust] and ful stille.

1513 Lydgate's Troye Bk. (Pynson) i. viii. E j b Than Pelleus whan al was whyste [MSS. huscht, hust, husshte] and styll, Began ryght thus.

1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. d vii Kepe thou silence and be whyst..For a lytell season.

1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. C^v The noble men seeing the king in choler, were all whist.

1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. L2 The blythe and wanton windes are whist & still.

1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Adelphi iii. ii, in Terence in Eng. 289 Quist, quist, what man art thou well in thy witts?

1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Adelphi iv. v, in Terence in Eng. 310 He is quist.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 307 In nights whist calme.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 380 Curtsied when you haue, and kist the wilde waues whist .

1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn v, in Poems 4 The Windes with wonder whist, Smoothly the waters kist.

1682 Heraclitus Ridens 30 May 1/1 Some few Relations..stand whist and silent, expecting the minute when she should depart.

1700 J. Brome Trav. i. 92 All was very whist and still.

1819 J. R. Drake Culprit Fay ii The winds are whist, and the owl is still.

1890 R. Bridges Shorter Poems iv. xxviii. v The huge unclouded sun, Surprising the world whist, Is all uprisen thereon.

1907 Daily Chron. 8 Apr. 4/6 The word ‘whist’ has still its..signification of silence in Kent, though it is pronounced ‘wist.’ This writer, not long ago, was threatening to come in late..to a country cottage lodging. ‘You'll come in wist?’ said the lady of the house.

b. Keeping silence in relation to something; saying nothing about the matter.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective] > disposed to secrecy, secretive

dernOE

covert1340

secrec1385

secretc1440

mum1532

closec1540

whist1577

as silent as the grave1613

privatea1625

dark1650

uncommunicating1650

dry1681

uncommunicative1691

unexpansive1847

secretive1853

tight-lipped1876

cagey1909

zip-lipped1943

closet1948

coy1961

tight1977

1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande ii. f. 6/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I If he heard them, thinke you that he would haue beene whist, in hearing God so far blasphemed?

1609 J. Davies Holy Roode sig. B2^v The heau'ns are whist, whiles hell reuiles their Lord.

c1650 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. ix. 140 Yet they can silent be, though, when they list, On Charles his Martyrdome they are all whist.

1880 A. D. Whitney Odd or Even? vii. 59 The Heybrooks were whist folks about their concerns.

c. transferred. Attentive.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [adjective] > listening attentively > of the ear

attent1482

arrect1646

whist1890

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 31 All were whist, to heare my iudgement.]

1890 R. Bridges Shorter Poems iv. ii. iv My jealous ears grew whist.

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whistadj.²

Brit.

/wɪst/,

/hwɪst/, U.S.

/(h)wɪst/

Categories »

(dialect): see wisht adj.

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whistv.¹

Brit.

/wɪst/,

/hwɪst/, U.S.

/(h)wɪst/

Forms: Also 1500s whyst. Past tense and participle whisted, whist.

Etymology: < whist int.¹

a. intransitive. To become or be silent, cease or refrain from speaking, hold one's peace, keep silence. archaic and dialect.In the imperative coinciding with whist int.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > be silent [verb (intransitive)]

swiec900

peacec1395

husht1530

hust1530

whista1547

silence1551

whust1558

quieta1572

whush1581

whish1607

whisht1815

hist1867

quieten1890

sh1925

shush1929

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > lose the voice [verb (intransitive)] > not utter

to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175

to hold (also have, keep) one's peacea1275

peacec1395

muffa1500

to put a sock in ita1529

whista1547

to say not muff1652

to hold one's whisht1786

to shut (one's) pan1799

to shut up1840

to hold one's whistc1874

to shut (one's) head, face1876

to wrap up1943

a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Aii They whisted all, with fixed face attent.

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 36 Whist sory pen, and be aduised how thou presume aboue the highest pitch of thy possibility.

1856 P. Kennedy Banks of Boro (1867) xli. 336 Can't you whist?

a1859 L. Hunt Shewe Faire Seeming x They whist, and still'd their joyous crowd.

†b. transitive. To be silent about, pass over in silence, keep secret. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep from knowledge [verb (transitive)] > keep back, not mention

heelOE

to hold back1535

whust1558

whist1570

to keep in1574

to keep back1612

to keep up1678

1570 T. Wilson tr. Demosthenes 3 Orations 35 All these matters are now whist and kept in.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 62 What ere he doth, none ought dare say, but whist.

1594 O. B. Questions Profitable Concernings 31 b It seemed better vnto him to let fall his revenge, and to whist the matter.

†2. transitive. To put to silence, to hush. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > make inaudible [verb (transitive)] > silence

quiet1423

hust1530

whish1542

whist1557

whust1558

husht1598

silencea1616

whisht1804

mute1891

1557 [see whisted adj. at Derivatives].

a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vii. lix, in Faerie Queene (1609) sig. Ii3 So was the Titaness put downe and whist.

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida i. sig. B2^v The breath of darknesse, fatall when 'tis whist In greatnes stomacke: this same smoake, call'd pride.

Derivatives

whisted adj. hushed, silent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adjective] > silent

coyc1330

stone-still1338

quietc1384

softa1393

peacec1400

swownc1400

tongueless1447

clumc1485

mutec1500

whist1513

silent1542

dead1548

husht1557

whisted1557

whust1558

whisht1570

huisht1576

quiet (also mum, mute, still, etc.) as a mouse (in a cheese)1584

fordead1593

noiseless1608

whisha1612

dumba1616

soundlessa1616

st1655

silentish1737

defta1763

sleeping1785

untoned1807

mousy1812

soughless1851

deathlike1856

whisperless1863

deathly1865

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. F.iiii^v Dere Lady: now we waite thyne onely sentence. She smiling, at the whisted audience: It liketh me (quod she) to haue hard your question.

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† whistv.²

Etymology: Imitative. (Perhaps error for whister v.)

Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To whisper, murmur.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > whisper

whisperc950

roundOE

tutel?c1225

whistera1382

mumc1390

runka1500

susurr1529

whista1555

susurrate1623

rewhisper1753

cutter1781

whittie-whattie1821

a1555 J. Bradford in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 478 No man may be admitted once to whist agaynste them.

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whistint.¹

Brit.

/wɪst/,

/hwɪst/, U.S.

/(h)wɪst/

Forms: Also 1500s whyst, whuist, quist, 1800s Scottish wheest.

Etymology: A natural utterance enjoining silence: compare hist int., hust int., ist int., st int., also husht int.¹, whisht int.

Now dialect.

An exclamation to command silence: Hush! (Coinciding with the imperative of whist v.¹ 1.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > be silent [interjection]

silence?c1225

peacec1390

whista1425

softlya1500

softc1500

husht1532

ist1540

st1552

soft and peace1576

pocas palabras1592

isse1598

hist1599

whish1635

whisht1684

quiet1814

fusht1816

pax1843

sh1847

pst1863

ciunas1987

a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Judges xviii. 19 Thei answerden, Whist [a1382 Douce 369(1) Whisht; a1425 L.V. Be thou stille], and put fynger vpon thi mouth.

1575 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucolikes v. 14 Leaue of, whyst, say no more.

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 43 If..your tongue [be] soe laxatiue,..whuist a while.

1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Adelphi iii. ii, in Terence in Eng. 289 Quist. quist, what man art thou well in thy witts?

1611 J. Davies To Worthy Persons in Wks. (Grosart) II. 58/2 Whist, and me attend.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Houische,..husht, whist, ist, not a word for your life.

1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. i. 14 Whist! cried one—st, st,—said a second,—hush, quoth a third—poo, poo, replied a fourth—gramercy! cried the Lady Carnavallette.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xiii. 193 Whist—hold your tongue—you've not heard the end of it.

1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn xxxix When I came to the door Donovan took me by the arm, and saying ‘whist’, led me into the sitting-room.

1891 A. Gordon Folks o' Carglen ii. 54 ‘Whist, whist,’ cried Francie.

1894 W. G. Lyttle Betsy Gray (new ed.) iii Wheest, man, or ye'll wauken up the waen!

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whistint.²

Brit.

/wɪst/,

/hwɪst/, U.S.

/(h)wɪst/

Imitation of the sound of a whistle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > shrill sound [interjection] > whistle

whist1861

whee-oh1892

1861 Ld. Haddo in Mem. (1873) xv. 212 It was puff, puff,—whist, whist;—and we were under weigh.

a1896 in Life & Lett. Millais (1899) II. 408 I said to a beautiful young person in the bar, ‘I want a bedroom with a fire in it.’ Off she went to a pipe, and said, ‘Whist! No. 238 and a fire.’

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n.¹1579

n.²a1648

n.³1663

adj.¹14..

adj.²

v.¹a1547

v.²a1555

int.¹a1425

int.²1861

单词	whist
释义	† whistn.¹ Etymology: Imitative. Obsolete. rare. A whistling sound, a whistle. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > whistle whew1513 whistling1513 whiplinga1529 whist1579 whewing?1590 siffling1603 sifflement1607 whistlea1648 whutea1663 whiff1712 whoop1840 whiffle1972 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 268/2 If a sheepeheard..giue a whist with his mouthe to gather his sheepe together. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2021). whistn.² Brit. /wɪst/, /hwɪst/, U.S. /(h)wɪst/ Etymology: < whist int.¹ or whist v.¹ †1. An utterance of the interjection ‘whist!’ as a command for silence. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [noun] > silence > call for silence whisht1553 whista1648 shush1954 a1648 W. Percy Cuck-queanes & Cuckolds Errants (1824) i. iii. 15 With a whist and with a Hush Hast wee both Two to the Bush. 2. Silence: in to hold one's whist, to keep silence. Irish English. (Cf. whisht n. 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > lose the voice [verb (intransitive)] > not utter to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175 to hold (also have, keep) one's peacea1275 peacec1395 muffa1500 to put a sock in ita1529 whista1547 to say not muff1652 to hold one's whisht1786 to shut (one's) pan1799 to shut up1840 to hold one's whistc1874 to shut (one's) head, face1876 to wrap up1943 c1874 D. Boucicault Shaughraun (c1884) i. iii. 7/2 Hould your whist now! Wipe your mouth, an' give me a kiss! 1897 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang (at cited word) ‘Hold your whist,’ i.e., hold your tongue, is an Irishism which has passed into English slang. 1898 M. MacDonagh Irish Life 237 'Tis yer brother that's spakin' to yez, and askin' yez to hould yer whist! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021). whistn.³ Brit. /wɪst/, U.S. /(h)wɪst/ Etymology: Altered < whisk n.², explained as in quot. 1680 at main sense. A game of cards played (ordinarily) by four persons, of whom each two sitting opposite each other are partners, with a pack of 52 cards, which are dealt face downwards to the players in rotation, so that each has a hand of 13 cards; one of the suits (usually determined by the last card dealt, which is then turned face upwards) is trumps (see trump n.² 1); the players play in rotation, each four successive cards so played constituting a trick (trick n. 12), in which each player after the leader must follow suit if he holds a card of the suit led, otherwise may either discard or trump; the winner of a trick becomes the leader of the next trick; points are scored according to the number of tricks won, and in some forms of the game also by the honours or highest trumps (honour n. 8a) held by each pair of partners. dummy whist: see dummy whist n. at dummy n. Compounds 2. duplicate whist, a form of the game in which the hands played are preserved and played again by the opposing partners. short whist, the form now usual in England, in which the score is five points with honours counting. long whist: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > [noun] whist1663 whisk- 1663 Hudibras: Second Pt. i. 7 But what was this? A Game at Whist, Unto our Plowden-Canonist. 1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) 83 Whist is a Game not much differing from [Ruff and Honours], only they put out the Deuces and take in no stock; and is called Whist from the silence that is to be observed in the play; they deal as before, playing four, two of a side, (some play at two handed, or three handed Whist). 1742 H. Walpole Corr. (1820) I. 225 Whist has spread an universal opium over the whole nation. 1758 T. Warton Idler 2 Dec. 273 We sate late at Whist. 1829 E. M. Arnaud Epitome Whist 29 The game is won by the party whose score first amounts to ten points in Long Whist, or five in Short Whist. 1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton 57 My little gains at short-whist. 1885 R. A. Proctor How to play Whist Introd. 1 Whist, properly played, is the finest of all card games. 1891 J. T. Mitchell (title) Duplicate-Whist. Compounds C1. General attributive. whist club n. ΚΠ 1799 E. D. Clarke in Life (1824) 349 I shall..ask him, if he will..belong to our whist club. whist-like adj. whist memory n. ΚΠ 1886 ‘Cavendish’ Princ. Whist 136 With practice, you will acquire what may be termed ‘whist memory’. whist party n. ΚΠ 1744 S. Fielding Adventures David Simple I. ii. i. 144 One of the Ladies, who was of the Whist-Party the Night before. 1828 R. Peel Priv. Lett. (1920) 109 A whist party consisting of the Duke of Wellington, Mrs. Arbuthnot, Lord Westmorland, Lady A. Beckett. 1861 C. J. Lever One of Them xxvii His notion is, that life, like a whist-party, requires an accomplice. whist-play n. ΚΠ 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 544/2 All rules of whist-play depend upon..general principles. whist-player n. ΚΠ 1744 S. Fielding Adventures David Simple I. ii. i. 147 Your Curiosity seems to be fully satisfied with what you have seen of the whist-players. 1770 in A. Carlyle Autobiogr. (1910) 560 He makes a very good livelihood..by betting on the whist-players. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 161 Feeling what a whist-player feels when he takes up four honors, seven trumps! 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) vi. 53 The whist-players were, Mr. Pickwick and the old lady; Mr. Miller and the fat gentleman. whist-playing adj. and n. ΚΠ 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott IV. i. 7 A few whist-playing brother officers, that met for an evening rubber at Fortune's tavern. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. ii. 21 There was less whist-playing than might have been expected. whist-table n. ΚΠ 1753 Scots Mag. 15 36/1 Her absence rendered one whist-table useless. 1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon i There were whist tables in the library if any one cared to play. C2. whist-drive n. a party of progressive whist (see progressive adj. 2c) played for prizes, now often as a means of raising funds for charities. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > [noun] > party whist-drive1903 1903 ‘Jar’ Progr. Whist 6 A Whist Drive is a modification of Progressive Whist. 1915 T. Burke Nights in Town 179 When I received the invitation to the whist-drive at Surbiton my first thought was, ‘Not likely!’ 1924 R. Kipling Debits & Credits (1926) 116 She told me there was a whist-drive that afternoon at the Institute. 1959 Manch. Guardian 7 Aug. 5/2 A village hall..provides a community centre for concerts, whist drives, dances. 1977 Lancs. Life Nov. 73/1 They raised the money themselves (with hot pot suppers, whist drives, amateur drama and dances). 1981 G. Markstein Ultimate Issue 196 In the lobby of the officers' club the wives were having a whist drive. Derivatives whist v. (a) transitive to play out (a card) at whist; (b) intransitive to play whist. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > play whist [verb (intransitive)] whist1810 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > play (a card) [verb (transitive)] whist1810 1810 Splendid Follies III. 6 She generally whisted out kings before aces, and revoked every deal. 1827 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 433 Talking, singing, whisting. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xxii Bankers..in great force.., musical bankers, and bankers that danced, bankers that billiarded and whisted. ˈwhister n. a whist-player.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > [noun] > player whister1860 whisker- 1860 All Year Round 17 Mar. 482/2 Your erring mortal, your whister,..rash with his aces, and a niggard of some beggarly small trump. ˈwhisthood n. age or state of ability to play whist.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > [noun] > player > ability to play whisthood1854 1854 Chambers's Jrnl. 2 Dec. 353/2 Young ladies, nearly arrived at whisthood. ˈwhisty adj. addicted to whist.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > [adjective] > addicted to whist whisty1884 1884 J. Middlemass Poisoned Arrows ix The whisty old colonel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2022). whistadj.¹ Brit. /wɪst/, /hwɪst/, U.S. /(h)wɪst/ Forms: Also 1500s quist, whyst(e, whiste. Etymology: < whist int.¹ Compare hust adj., whisht adj.¹, whust v. archaic and dialect. a. Silent, quiet, still, hushed; making no sound; free from noise or disturbance. (Usually predicative) Also adverbially = silently, quietly, without noise. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adjective] > silent coyc1330 stone-still1338 quietc1384 softa1393 peacec1400 swownc1400 tongueless1447 clumc1485 mutec1500 whist1513 silent1542 dead1548 husht1557 whisted1557 whust1558 whust1558 whisht1570 huisht1576 quiet (also mum, mute, still, etc.) as a mouse (in a cheese)1584 fordead1593 noiseless1608 whisha1612 dumba1616 soundlessa1616 st1655 silentish1737 defta1763 sleeping1785 untoned1807 mousy1812 soughless1851 deathlike1856 whisperless1863 deathly1865 14.. Chaucer's Boeth. ii. met. v (MS. B. Mus.) Þo weren þe cruel clariouns ful whist [MS. Camb. hust] and ful stille. 1513 Lydgate's Troye Bk. (Pynson) i. viii. E j b Than Pelleus whan al was whyste [MSS. huscht, hust, husshte] and styll, Began ryght thus. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. d vii Kepe thou silence and be whyst..For a lytell season. 1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. C^v The noble men seeing the king in choler, were all whist. 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. L2 The blythe and wanton windes are whist & still. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Adelphi iii. ii, in Terence in Eng. 289 Quist, quist, what man art thou well in thy witts? 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Adelphi iv. v, in Terence in Eng. 310 He is quist. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 307 In nights whist calme. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 380 Curtsied when you haue, and kist the wilde waues whist . View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn v, in Poems 4 The Windes with wonder whist, Smoothly the waters kist. 1682 Heraclitus Ridens 30 May 1/1 Some few Relations..stand whist and silent, expecting the minute when she should depart. 1700 J. Brome Trav. i. 92 All was very whist and still. 1819 J. R. Drake Culprit Fay ii The winds are whist, and the owl is still. 1890 R. Bridges Shorter Poems iv. xxviii. v The huge unclouded sun, Surprising the world whist, Is all uprisen thereon. 1907 Daily Chron. 8 Apr. 4/6 The word ‘whist’ has still its..signification of silence in Kent, though it is pronounced ‘wist.’ This writer, not long ago, was threatening to come in late..to a country cottage lodging. ‘You'll come in wist?’ said the lady of the house. b. Keeping silence in relation to something; saying nothing about the matter. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective] > disposed to secrecy, secretive dernOE covert1340 secrec1385 secretc1440 mum1532 closec1540 whist1577 as silent as the grave1613 privatea1625 dark1650 uncommunicating1650 dry1681 uncommunicative1691 unexpansive1847 secretive1853 tight-lipped1876 cagey1909 zip-lipped1943 closet1948 coy1961 tight1977 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande ii. f. 6/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I If he heard them, thinke you that he would haue beene whist, in hearing God so far blasphemed? 1609 J. Davies Holy Roode sig. B2^v The heau'ns are whist, whiles hell reuiles their Lord. c1650 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. ix. 140 Yet they can silent be, though, when they list, On Charles his Martyrdome they are all whist. 1880 A. D. Whitney Odd or Even? vii. 59 The Heybrooks were whist folks about their concerns. c. transferred. Attentive.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [adjective] > listening attentively > of the ear attent1482 arrect1646 whist1890 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 31 All were whist, to heare my iudgement.] 1890 R. Bridges Shorter Poems iv. ii. iv My jealous ears grew whist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021). whistadj.² Brit. /wɪst/, /hwɪst/, U.S. /(h)wɪst/ Categories » (dialect): see wisht adj. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021). whistv.¹ Brit. /wɪst/, /hwɪst/, U.S. /(h)wɪst/ Forms: Also 1500s whyst. Past tense and participle whisted, whist. Etymology: < whist int.¹ 1. a. intransitive. To become or be silent, cease or refrain from speaking, hold one's peace, keep silence. archaic and dialect.In the imperative coinciding with whist int.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > be silent [verb (intransitive)] swiec900 peacec1395 husht1530 hust1530 whista1547 silence1551 whust1558 quieta1572 whush1581 whish1607 whisht1815 hist1867 quieten1890 sh1925 shush1929 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > lose the voice [verb (intransitive)] > not utter to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175 to hold (also have, keep) one's peacea1275 peacec1395 muffa1500 to put a sock in ita1529 whista1547 to say not muff1652 to hold one's whisht1786 to shut (one's) pan1799 to shut up1840 to hold one's whistc1874 to shut (one's) head, face1876 to wrap up1943 a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Aii They whisted all, with fixed face attent. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 36 Whist sory pen, and be aduised how thou presume aboue the highest pitch of thy possibility. 1856 P. Kennedy Banks of Boro (1867) xli. 336 Can't you whist? a1859 L. Hunt Shewe Faire Seeming x They whist, and still'd their joyous crowd. †b. transitive. To be silent about, pass over in silence, keep secret. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep from knowledge [verb (transitive)] > keep back, not mention heelOE to hold back1535 whust1558 whist1570 to keep in1574 to keep back1612 to keep up1678 1570 T. Wilson tr. Demosthenes 3 Orations 35 All these matters are now whist and kept in. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 62 What ere he doth, none ought dare say, but whist. 1594 O. B. Questions Profitable Concernings 31 b It seemed better vnto him to let fall his revenge, and to whist the matter. †2. transitive. To put to silence, to hush. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > make inaudible [verb (transitive)] > silence quiet1423 hust1530 whish1542 whist1557 whust1558 husht1598 silencea1616 whisht1804 mute1891 1557 [see whisted adj. at Derivatives]. a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vii. lix, in Faerie Queene (1609) sig. Ii3 So was the Titaness put downe and whist. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida i. sig. B2^v The breath of darknesse, fatall when 'tis whist In greatnes stomacke: this same smoake, call'd pride. Derivatives whisted adj. hushed, silent. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adjective] > silent coyc1330 stone-still1338 quietc1384 softa1393 peacec1400 swownc1400 tongueless1447 clumc1485 mutec1500 whist1513 silent1542 dead1548 husht1557 whisted1557 whust1558 whust1558 whisht1570 huisht1576 quiet (also mum, mute, still, etc.) as a mouse (in a cheese)1584 fordead1593 noiseless1608 whisha1612 dumba1616 soundlessa1616 st1655 silentish1737 defta1763 sleeping1785 untoned1807 mousy1812 soughless1851 deathlike1856 whisperless1863 deathly1865 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. F.iiii^v Dere Lady: now we waite thyne onely sentence. She smiling, at the whisted audience: It liketh me (quod she) to haue hard your question. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † whistv.² Etymology: Imitative. (Perhaps error for whister v.) Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To whisper, murmur. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > whisper whisperc950 roundOE tutel?c1225 whistera1382 mumc1390 runka1500 susurr1529 whista1555 susurrate1623 rewhisper1753 cutter1781 whittie-whattie1821 a1555 J. Bradford in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 478 No man may be admitted once to whist agaynste them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2020). whistint.¹ Brit. /wɪst/, /hwɪst/, U.S. /(h)wɪst/ Forms: Also 1500s whyst, whuist, quist, 1800s Scottish wheest. Etymology: A natural utterance enjoining silence: compare hist int., hust int., ist int., st int., also husht int.¹, whisht int. Now dialect. An exclamation to command silence: Hush! (Coinciding with the imperative of whist v.¹ 1.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > be silent [interjection] silence?c1225 peacec1390 whista1425 softlya1500 softc1500 husht1532 ist1540 st1552 soft and peace1576 pocas palabras1592 isse1598 hist1599 whish1635 whisht1684 quiet1814 fusht1816 pax1843 sh1847 pst1863 ciunas1987 a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Judges xviii. 19 Thei answerden, Whist [a1382 Douce 369(1) Whisht; a1425 L.V. Be thou stille], and put fynger vpon thi mouth. 1575 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucolikes v. 14 Leaue of, whyst, say no more. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 43 If..your tongue [be] soe laxatiue,..whuist a while. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Adelphi iii. ii, in Terence in Eng. 289 Quist. quist, what man art thou well in thy witts? 1611 J. Davies To Worthy Persons in Wks. (Grosart) II. 58/2 Whist, and me attend. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Houische,..husht, whist, ist, not a word for your life. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. i. 14 Whist! cried one—st, st,—said a second,—hush, quoth a third—poo, poo, replied a fourth—gramercy! cried the Lady Carnavallette. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xiii. 193 Whist—hold your tongue—you've not heard the end of it. 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn xxxix When I came to the door Donovan took me by the arm, and saying ‘whist’, led me into the sitting-room. 1891 A. Gordon Folks o' Carglen ii. 54 ‘Whist, whist,’ cried Francie. 1894 W. G. Lyttle Betsy Gray (new ed.) iii Wheest, man, or ye'll wauken up the waen! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021). whistint.² Brit. /wɪst/, /hwɪst/, U.S. /(h)wɪst/ Imitation of the sound of a whistle. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > shrill sound [interjection] > whistle whist1861 whee-oh1892 1861 Ld. Haddo in Mem. (1873) xv. 212 It was puff, puff,—whist, whist;—and we were under weigh. a1896 in Life & Lett. Millais (1899) II. 408 I said to a beautiful young person in the bar, ‘I want a bedroom with a fire in it.’ Off she went to a pipe, and said, ‘Whist! No. 238 and a fire.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1579n.²a1648n.³1663adj.¹14..adj.²v.¹a1547v.²a1555int.¹a1425int.²1861
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