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Pipe :: Pipe (n.) The peeping whistle, call, or note of a bird..

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

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

Whist :: Whist (v. i.) To be or become silent or still; to be hushed or mute.

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..

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

Pipe :: Pipe (v. i.) To call, convey orders, etc., by means of signals on a pipe or whistle carried by a boatswain..

Rubber :: Rubber (n.) In some games, as whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, when there is a tie between the players; as, to play the rubber; also, a contest determined by the winning of two out of three games; as, to play a rubber of whist..

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

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..

Calliope :: Calliope (n.) A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles, toned to the notes of the scale, and played by keys arranged like those of an organ. It is sometimes attached to steamboat boilers..

Whistler :: Whistler (n.) The whistlefish.

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

Sorgne :: Sorgne (n.) The three-beared rocking, or whistlefish..

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..

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

Whistling :: Whistling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whistl.

Whew :: Whew (n. & interj.) A sound like a half-formed whistle, expressing astonishment, scorn, or dislike..

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

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