Obs. exc. dial. [Cf. WHISHT and WHUSH.] Hushed, silent: = WHISHT a.1, WHIST a.1
a. 1612. Harington, Epigr., I. xxvii. (1618), B 7. You tooke my answer well, and all was whish.
Whish a.2 (dial.): see WISHT.
