whist 1
/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. ]
whist 2
/hwist, wist/ , interj.
1. hush! silence! be still!
adj.
2. hushed; silent; still.
n.
3. Chiefly Irish. silence: Hold your whist.
v.i.
4. Brit. Dial. to be or become silent.
v.t.
5. Brit. Dial. to silence.
Also, whisht .
[ 1350-1400, ME; imit. ]