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whist1 definition

whist (hwist, wist)

interjection

Now Chiefly Dial. hush

Etymology: ME: echoic

whist2 definition

whist (hwist, wist)

noun

a card game similar to bridge, of which it is the forerunner

Etymology: altered < earlier whisk: prob. from the habit of whisking the tricks from the table as soon as played

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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