Whist

a. [Cf. Ger. st! pst! bst! hush! peace! silence! whence probably Corn. huist, silence. Cf. also Hist.] Not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still.

By and by there was all whist. Latimer.

The winds, with wonder whist, Smoothly the waters kissed. Milton.

☞ This adjective, like some others, nearly always follows its noun. We never say, whist wind; but the wind is whist.

A certain game at cards; — so called because it requires silence or close attention. It is played by four persons 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.

To hush or silence. [Obs.] Spenser.

To be or become silent or still; to be hushed. [Rare.] Ld. Surrey.

Be silent; be still; hush;—properly the verb used imperatively.