† whustv.
Obsolete.
intransitive and transitive. = whist v.1
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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 > inaudibility > [noun] > silence
stillnessc1050
silence?c1225
clum1340
stillhead1340
quiet?c1450
whust1558
husht1566
muteness1590
silency1595
still1608
hushtness1609
whistness1609
silentness1664
noiselessness1834
soundlessness1834
non-speech1863
shush1954
deafening silence1968
ciunas1986
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
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > make inaudible [verb (transitive)] > silence
quiet1423
hust1530
whish1542
whist1557
whust1558
husht1598
silencea1616
whisht1804
mute1891
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
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos ii. sig. C.iijv They whusted all, and fyxt with eyes ententiue did behold.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 10 Thee murther he whusted.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 29 Thee Greeks..al softlye be whusted.
1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 81/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II All should be related, and nothing whusted.
1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. Dijv Seeing Martins matters begin to be whust.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Quetare, to quiet, to whost.
1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia v. 193 The whusted guards.
Derivatives
whust adj. = whist adj.1
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1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos iv. sig. L.j Than was it night..Whan whust is euery felde.
1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Eeiij v It were good for me to bee whust in these matters.
whust n. = whist n.2
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1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil Æneid (1584) xi. R ij When whust was once proclaimed, & men were bid not silence breake.
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