WordWeight : Weighing the Words

Pronunciation : Whist
Part of Speech : interj.
Etymology : [Cf. G. st! pst! bst! Hist.]
Definition : Defn: Be silent; be still; hush; silence.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Whist
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [From Whist, interj.]
Definition : Defn: 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, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed.

Note: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Whist
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [From Whist, interj.]
Definition : Defn: To hush or silence. [Obs.] Spenser.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Whist
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To be or become silent or still; to be hushed or mute. [R.] Surrey.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Whist
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Properly p. p. of whist, v.]
Definition : Defn: 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.

Note: This adjective generally follows its noun, or is used predicatively.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913