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Webster 1913 Edition

Whist

Whist

,
int
erj.
[Cf. G.
st
!
pst
!
bst
! [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK]. Cf.
Hist
.]
Be silent; be still; hush; silence.

Whist

,
Noun.
[From
Whist
,
interj
.]
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, the 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

,
Verb.
T.
[From
Whist
,
int
erj.
]
To hush or silence.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Whist

,
Verb.
I.
To be or become silent or still; to be hushed or mute.
[R.]
Surrey.

Whist

,
Adj.
[Properly p. p. of
whist
, v.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Whist

WHIST

,
Adj.
Silent; mute; still; not speaking; not making a noise.
The winds with wonder whist, smoothly the waters kissd.
[This adjective, like some others, always follows its noun. We never say, whist wind; but the wind is whist.]
Whist is used for be silent. Whist, whist, that is, be silent or still.

WHIST

,
Noun.
A game at cards, so called because it requires silence or close attention. It is not in America pronounced whisk.

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