Whisht v.

Now dial. Also 9 Sc. wheesht. [f. WHISHT int. Cf. WHISH v.², WHIST v.¹]

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1. intr. To be silent, keep silence.

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1815. Scott, Guy M., xlviii. Wasp—Wasp, whisht, hinny … and let’s hear what they’re doing.—Deil’s in ye, will ye whisht?

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1894. ‘J. S. Winter,’ Red Coats, 50. ‘Whisht, woman, whisht,’ interposed Trueman … ‘No, I just won’t whisht, William Trueman.’

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2. trans. To put to silence, silence, hush.

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1804. R. Couper, Poetry, II. 11 (Eng. Dial. Dict.). A weel-claw’d luif whishts the harangue.

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1897. C. M. Campbell, Deilie Jock, iv. Wheesht your gab.

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