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noun

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, the 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.

Bridge whist. See Bridge, n., above.

Duplicate whist, a form of whist in playing which the hands are preserved as dealt and played again by other players, as when each side holds in the second round the cards played by the opposing side in the first round.

Solo whist. See Solo whist, above.

adjective

Whist adj. Not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still; quiet. "So whist and dead a silence." "The winds, with wonder whist, Smoothly the waters kissed." Note: This adjective generally follows its noun, or is used predicatively.

verb

Whist v. t. To hush or silence. (Obs.)

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

interjection

Whist interj. Be silent; be still; hush; silence.

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"Whist" Quotes from Famous Books

... hounds or override the hunt, but it is not often so. Many such complaints are made; but in truth the too forward man, who presses the dogs, is generally one who can ride, but is too eager or too selfish to keep in his proper place. The bad rider, like the bad whist player, pays highly for what he does not enjoy, and should be thanked. But at both games he gets cruelly snubbed. At both games George Vavasor was great ...

— Can You Forgive Her? • Anthony Trollope

... this dog-day morning, with its alternate shower and sunshine, and its constant stickiness and heat? In any case I was glad to hear him, though I cannot in the spirit of veracity call him a good singer. Whist! There goes an oriole, a gorgeous creature, flashing from one elm to another, and piping in his happiest manner as he flies. It might be the middle of May, to judge from his behavior. He likes dog-day weather, there can be no question of that, however ...

— The Foot-path Way • Bradford Torrey

... "Whist, ye son of Patrick McFadden; don't ye hear the responses all around ye, as if the spirits were in the organ loft, thinkin' ye a praist and thimselves the choir-boys. I belaves, by me sowl, that ivery tree has got a tongue, for hear how ...

— The Lost Trail - I • Edward S. Ellis

... turn everything to account. By such means he was enabled to contribute to the amusement of the company, and thus became a kind of favourite. If he could not manage to sell a lot of land to an immigrant or speculator, he would carelessly propose to some of the company to have a game at whist or loo, to pass the time away; and he never failed to conjure most of their money ...

— Roughing it in the Bush • Susanna Moodie

... Brandeis had the farmer women coming to her for their threshing dishes and kitchenware, and the West End Culture Club for their whist prizes. She seemed to realize that the days of the general store were numbered, and she set about making hers a novelty store. There was something terrible about the earnestness with which she stuck to business. ...

— Fanny Herself • Edna Ferber

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