Definition of: whist

(hwist) noun
A game of cards played by four persons with a full pack of 52 cards, opposite players being partners: all the cards are played in each hand, the highest card of the suit led played in each of the 13 tricks, or a card of the trump suit, or the highest trump played, winning such trick. Every trick above the sixth counts one point. See CONTRACT BRIDGE under BRIDGE². [Alter. of earlier whisk; ult. origin unknown]

Definition of: whist

(hwist) interj.
Hush! be still!
—adjective Silent or quiet; mute. See also WHISHT. [Prob. imit.]

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Definition of: whist

Definition of: whist

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