[whist] vi [ME; imit.] (14c) dial Brit: to be silent: hush--often used interjectionally to enjoin silence
[2]whist adj (15c): quiet, silent [3]whist n [alter. of earlier whisk, prob. fr.
[2]whisk; fr. whisking up the tricks] (1663): a card game for four players in two partnerships that is played with a pack of 52 cards and that scores one point for each trick in excess of six