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Английский Этимологический словарь - whist

 
 

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Whist

whist
- 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.).
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1.
  ~ n a card game for four players in two pairs, in which each pair tries to win the most tricks trick1 (11) ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
  Whist is a card game in which people play in pairs against each other. N-UNCOUNT ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
3.
   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
4.
  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
5.
  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! ...
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6.
  noun cards вист ...
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