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hold one's whisht — or (Scot) haud one s wheesht To remain silent • • • Main Entry: ↑whisht * * * keep silent … Useful english dictionary
whisht — [(h)wɪʃt] (also wheesht, whist) exclamation chiefly Scottish & Irish hush! Phrases hold one s whisht keep silent. Origin C16: natural exclamation … English new terms dictionary
haud one's wheesht — hold one s whisht or (Scot) haud one s wheesht To remain silent • • • Main Entry: ↑whisht … Useful english dictionary
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whist — whist1 /hwist, wist/, n. a card game, an early form of bridge, but without bidding. [1655 65; earlier whisk, perh. identical with WHISK, though sense relationship uncert.] whist2 /hwist, wist/, interj. 1. hush! silence! be still! adj. 2. hushed;… … Universalium
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