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Definition of whist

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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..

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

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

Whistler :: Whistler (n.) The widgeon.

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

Whistler :: Whistler (n.) One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a whistling sound..

Sifflement :: Sifflement (n.) The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation.

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

Pipe :: Pipe (n.) A boatswain's whistle, used to call the crew to their duties; also, the sound of it..

Elke :: Elke (n.) The European wild or whistling swan (Cygnus ferus).

Whistler :: Whistler (n.) The golden-eye.

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

Whistly :: Whistly (adv.) In a whist manner; silently.

Whistle :: Whistle (v. t.) To send, signal, or call by a whistle..

Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) The shrill sound made by wind passing among trees or through crevices, or that made by bullet, or the like, passing rapidly through the air; the shrill noise (much used as a signal, etc.) made by steam or gas escaping through a small orifice, or impinging against the edge of a metallic bell or cup..

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..

Swollen :: Swobber (n.) Four privileged cards, formerly used in betting at the game of whist..

Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) An instrument in which gas or steam forced into a cavity, or against a thin edge, produces a sound more or less like that made by one who whistles through the compressed lips; as, a child's whistle; a boatswain's whistle; a steam whistle (see Steam whistle, under Steam)..

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..

Singleton :: Singleton (n.) In certain games at cards, as whist, a single card of any suit held at the deal by a player; as, to lead a singleton..

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it..