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

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

Tinnitus :: Tinnitus (n.) A ringing, whistling, or other imaginary noise perceived in the ears; -- called also tinnitus aurium..

Cooee :: Cooee (n.) A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or signal.

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

Law :: Law (n.) In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist..

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

Crossruff :: Crossruff (n.) The play in whist where partners trump each a different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also seesaw..

Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) The mouth and throat; -- so called as being the organs of whistling.

Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) To sound shrill, or like a pipe; to make a sharp, shrill sound; as, a bullet whistles through the air..

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

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..

Whistler :: Whistler (n.) The golden plover and the gray plover.

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

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