Definition of whist

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Whist (interj.) Be silent; be still; hush; silence.

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Wheeze :: Wheeze (v. i.) To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma..
Tinnitus :: Tinnitus (n.) A ringing, whistling, or other imaginary noise perceived in the ears; -- called also tinnitus aurium..
Sough :: Sough (v. i.) To whistle or sigh, as the wind..
Whistle :: Whistle (v. t.) To form, utter, or modulate by whistling; as, to whistle a tune or an air..
Whistler :: Whistler (n.) The hoary, or northern, marmot (Arctomys pruinosus)..
Whistling :: Whistling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whistl.
Call :: Call (n.) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty..
Sifflement :: Sifflement (n.) The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam..
Whiz :: Whiz (v. i.) To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissing or whistling sound..
Whistler :: Whistler (n.) One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a whistling sound..
Blow :: Blow (n.) The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or horn; to give the fire a blow with the bellows..
Hooper :: Hooper (n.) The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus); -- called also hooper swan, whooping swan, and elk..
Whistlewing :: Whistlewing (n.) The American golden-eye.
Wheeze :: Wheeze (n.) A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
Golden-eye :: Golden-eye (n.) A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon, whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow's golden-eye of America (G. Islandica) is less common..
Pipe :: Pipe (n.) The peeping whistle, call, or note of a bird..
Whistlewood :: Whistlewood (n.) The moosewood, or striped maple. See Maple..
Winding :: Winding (n.) A call by the boatswain's whistle.
Whew :: Whew (v. i.) To whistle with a shrill pipe, like a plover..
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