Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - whist
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Whist
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2.
I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English; imitative Date: 14th century dialect British to be silent ; hush — often used interjectionally to enjoin silence II. adjective Date: 15th century quiet, silent III. noun Etymology: alteration of earlier whisk, probably from 2whisk; from whisking up the tricks Date: 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 ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. a card-game usu. for four players, with the winning of tricks. Phrases and idioms whist drive a social occasion with the playing of progressive whist. Etymology: earlier whisk, perh. f. WHISK (with ref. to whisking away the tricks): perh. assoc. with WHIST(2) 2. var. of WHISHT. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. карт. вист 2. диал. молчание hold your whist —- замолчите 3. диал. немой, безмолвный, молчащий 4. диал. держащий язык за зубами, умалчивающий they were whist folks about their concerns —- о своих делах они помалкивали 5. диал. молчать 6. диал. тсс!, шш!, цыц! ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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6.
- 1663, alteration of whisk "kind of card game," alluded to as early as 1529, perhaps so called from the notion of "whisking" up cards after each trick; altered perhaps from assumption that it was an interjection invoking silence, from whist "silent" (M.E.). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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