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单词 whisht
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whishtn.

Brit. /wɪʃt/, /hwɪʃt/, U.S. /(h)wɪʃt/
Forms: Also 1800s Scottish wheesht, wheisht.
Etymology: < whisht int.
1. An utterance of ‘whisht!’ to enjoin silence: cf. whist n.2 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [noun] > silence > call for silence
whisht1553
whista1648
shush1954
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 106 A Whisht is when we bid them holde their peace that haue least cause to speake.
1908 S. J. Weyman Wild Geese viii What do you mean with your ‘whishts’ and your nods?
2. Silence; in to hold one's whisht, to keep silence. Scottish.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > lose the voice [verb (intransitive)] > not utter
to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175
to hold (also have, keep) one's peacea1275
peacec1395
muffa1500
to put a sock in ita1529
whista1547
to say not muff1652
to hold one's whisht1786
to shut (one's) pan1799
to shut up1840
to hold one's whistc1874
to shut (one's) head, face1876
to wrap up1943
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 104 I held my whisht; The infant aith, half-form'd, was crusht.
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. at Wheesht Haud your wheesht, be silent.
1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags xxxv You ken naught about it. You had better hold your wheesht.
3. A whisper; with negative = ‘not a whisper’, not the least utterance. Scottish.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun] > whispering
whisperingc975
roundingOE
susurrationa1425
tutelingc1440
tittlinga1450
whistering1586
whisper1609
whisperation1710
whisht1773
1773 R. Fergusson Poems 88 Be you as calm's a mouse, Nor lat your whisht be heard.
1881 L. B. Walford Dick Netherby v There is na a wheesht against him.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

whishtadj.1

Brit. /wɪʃt/, /hwɪʃt/, U.S. /(h)wɪʃt/
Forms: Also 1500s whysht(e, 1800s Scottish wheesht.
Etymology: A variant of whist adj.1; compare whisht int.
Now dialect.
Silent, quiet, still, hushed.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adjective] > silent
coyc1330
stone-still1338
quietc1384
softa1393
peacec1400
swownc1400
tongueless1447
clumc1485
mutec1500
whist1513
silent1542
dead1548
husht1557
whisted1557
whust1558
whust1558
whisht1570
huisht1576
quiet (also mum, mute, still, etc.) as a mouse (in a cheese)1584
fordead1593
noiseless1608
whisha1612
dumba1616
soundlessa1616
st1655
silentish1737
defta1763
sleeping1785
untoned1807
mousy1812
soughless1851
deathlike1856
whisperless1863
deathly1865
1570 T. Wilson Life Demosthenes in tr. Demosthenes 3 Orations 117 He desired..to tell them a merie tale. Where vpon when euery man was whisht and still, he sayde thus.
a1607 T. Brightman Revelation of Revelation (1615) 143 Reprehensions are whisht, wickednes raigneth.
1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 5 As whisht as a mouse.
1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xv. 165 Nights..when he was here on sentry, the place a' wheesht.

Derivatives

ˈwhishtly adv. silently, quietly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adverb] > silently
stillyc1000
stilla1225
softlyc1330
whistlya1400
silentlya1425
coylyc1475
quietly1488
still1535
huishtly1548
whishtly1548
mutely1587
silentially1627
statuelike1640
tacitly1643
noiselessly1794
soundlessly1837
soundless1844
mouse-like1874
quietlike1909
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John xvi. 23–28 I shall than speake vnto you whishtlye and without woordes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

whishtadj.2

Brit. /wɪʃt/, /hwɪʃt/, U.S. /(h)wɪʃt/
Categories »
(dialect): see wisht adj.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

whishtv.

Brit. /wɪʃt/, /hwɪʃt/, U.S. /(h)wɪʃt/
Forms: Also 1800s Scottish wheesht.
Etymology: < whisht int. Compare whish v.2, whist v.1
Now dialect.
1. intransitive. To be silent, keep silence.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > be silent [verb (intransitive)]
swiec900
peacec1395
husht1530
hust1530
whista1547
silence1551
whust1558
quieta1572
whush1581
whish1607
whisht1815
hist1867
quieten1890
sh1925
shush1929
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. ix. 172 Wasp—Wasp, whisht, hinny..and let's hear what they're doing.—Deil's in ye, will ye whisht?
1894 ‘J. S. Winter’ Red Coats 50 ‘Whisht, woman, whisht,’ interposed Trueman..‘No, I just won't whisht, William Trueman.’
2. transitive. To put to silence, silence, hush.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > make inaudible [verb (transitive)] > silence
quiet1423
hust1530
whish1542
whist1557
whust1558
husht1598
silencea1616
whisht1804
mute1891
1804 R. Couper Poetry II. 11 (Eng. Dial. Dict.) A weel-claw'd luif whishts the harangue.
1897 C. M. Campbell Deilie Jock iv Wheesht your gab.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

whishtint.

Brit. /wɪʃt/, /hwɪʃt/, U.S. /(h)wɪʃt/
Forms: Also Middle English whischt, 1600s–1800s wheesht.
Etymology: A natural utterance, nearly identical with the 16th cent. huissht (see husht int.1), and with whist int.1
Now dialect.
An exclamation enjoining silence: Hush!
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > be silent [interjection]
silence?c1225
peacec1390
whista1425
softlya1500
softc1500
husht1532
ist1540
st1552
soft and peace1576
pocas palabras1592
isse1598
hist1599
whish1635
whisht1684
quiet1814
fusht1816
pax1843
sh1847
pst1863
ciunas1987
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Judges xviii. 19 Whisht [a1425 Corpus Oxf. Thei answerden, Whist, and put fynger vpon thi mouth; a1425 L.V. Be thou stille].]
1684 G. Meriton York-shire Dial. 53 Wheesht, wheesht, my Mother's coming up.
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iii. i. Prol. But whisht! it is the Knight in Masquerade, That comes.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. vi. 112 But whisht, I hear the keeper coming.
1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xxx. 359Wheesht!’ said he, ‘this is my affairs.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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