Category:Whist

Whist, interj. Etym: [cf. G. st! Pst! Bst! Hist.]

Defn: be silent; be still; hush; silence.

Whist Whist, n. Etym: [from whist, interj.]

Defn: 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.

Note: points are scored for the tricks taken in excess of six, and For the honors held. In long whist, now seldom played, ten points Make the game; in short whist, now usually played in england, five Points make the game. In american whist, so-called, honors are not Counted, and seven points by tricks make the game.

Whist Whist, v. t. Etym: [from whist, interj.]

Defn: to hush or silence. [obs.] Spenser.

Whist Whist, v. i.

Defn: to be or become silent or still; to be hushed or mute. [r.] Surrey.

Whist Whist, a. Etym: [properly p. p. of whist, v.]

Defn: not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still; quiet. "so whist and dead a silence." Sir j. Harrington. The winds, with wonder whist, smoothly the waters kissed. Milton.

Note: this adjective generally follows its noun, or is used Predicatively.