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Whist :: Whist (n.) 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..

Call :: Call (n.) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty..

Game :: Game (v. i.) That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game..

Whistlingly :: Whistlingly (adv.) In a whistling manner; shrilly.

Whistler :: Whistler (n.) The ring ousel.

Winding :: Winding (n.) A call by the boatswain's whistle.

Sough :: Sough (v. i.) To whistle or sigh, as the wind..

Whistlewood :: Whistlewood (n.) The moosewood, or striped maple. See Maple..

Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) To make a kind of musical sound, or series of sounds, by forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips; also, to emit a similar sound, or series of notes, from the mouth or beak, as birds..

Whistled :: Whistled (imp. & p. p.) of Whistl.

Trump :: Trump (n.) An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; -- called also ruff..

Whew :: Whew (v. i.) To whistle with a shrill pipe, like a plover..

Gossat :: Gossat (n.) A small British marine fish (Motella tricirrata); -- called also whistler and three-bearded rockling.

Pipe :: Pipe (v. t.) To call or direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle..

Whisk :: Whisk (n.) A game at cards; whist.

Birdcall :: Birdcall (n.) An instrument of any kind, as a whistle, used in making the sound of a birdcall..

Wheeze :: Wheeze (v. i.) To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma..

Pue :: Pue (v. i.) To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds..

Hooper :: Hooper (n.) The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus); -- called also hooper swan, whooping swan, and elk..

Whist :: Whist (a.) Not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still; quiet.

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