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Definition of whist

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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, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed..

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Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) An instrument in which gas or steam forced into a cavity, or against a thin edge, produces a sound more or less like that made by one who whistles through the compressed lips; as, a child's whistle; a boatswain's whistle; a steam whistle (see Steam whistle, under Steam)..

Whistler :: Whistler (n.) The golden plover and the gray plover.

Whist :: Whist (a.) Not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still; quiet.

Whisk :: Whisk (n.) A game at cards; whist.

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

Pue :: Pue (v. i.) To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds..

Wheeze :: Wheeze (n.) A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.

Law :: Law (n.) In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist..

Whistler :: Whistler (n.) One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a whistling sound..

Whistle :: Whistle (v. t.) To send, signal, or call by a whistle..

Tinnitus :: Tinnitus (n.) A ringing, whistling, or other imaginary noise perceived in the ears; -- called also tinnitus aurium..

Whew :: Whew (v. i.) To whistle with a shrill pipe, like a plover..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam..

Whist :: 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, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed..

Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) To make a shrill sound with a wind or steam instrument, somewhat like that made with the lips; to blow a sharp, shrill tone..

Pipe :: Pipe (n.) The peeping whistle, call, or note of a bird..

Trump :: Trump (n.) An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; -- called also ruff..

Whistled :: Whistled (imp. & p. p.) of Whistl.

Whistler :: Whistler (n.) The whistlefish.

Blow :: Blow (n.) The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or horn; to give the fire a blow with the bellows..