whist

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/ˈwɪst/

noun 2verb 2intj 1adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

low, wild

VERB + WHIST

put, waves

WHIST + NOUN

beasts, foot, fowls, girl

PREP.

from

ADV.

featly

Definitions

noun

Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.

A session of playing this card game.

intj

Alternative spelling of whisht. Silence!, quiet!, hush!, shhh!, shush!

… for scarcely had they descended one hundred feet, when a low “whist” from the girl, warned them of present danger.

verb

To hush or shush; to still.

o was the Titaness put downe and whist

To become silent.

The fields whist, beasts, and fowls of divers bue

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… for scarcely had they descended one hundred feet, when a low “whist” from the girl, warned them of present danger.

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o was the Titaness put downe and whist

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The fields whist, beasts, and fowls of divers bue

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Come unto these yellow sands, / And then take hands: / Courtsied when you have and kiss'd / The wild waves whist, / Foot it featly here and there; / And, sweet sprites, the burthen bear.[…]

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In some senses, whist is marked as rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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