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whist

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whist  (hwst, wst)
n.
A card game ancestral to bridge, played with a full deck by two teams of two players, in which the last card dealt indicates trump, tricks of four cards are played, and a point is scored for each trick over six won by each team.

[Alteration (perhaps influenced by the exclamation whist, silence!) of obsolete and dialectal whisk, perhaps from whisk.]

whist
Noun
a card game for two pairs of players [perhaps from whisk, referring to the whisking up of the tricks]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.whist - a card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six
card game, cards - a game played with playing cards
dummy whist - a form of whist with three players; four hands are dealt with the hand opposite the dealer being face up
hearts, Black Maria - a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
Translations

whist [wɪst] n (BRIT) → whist m
whist [wɪst] n (Brit) → whist m
whist [wɪst] (Brit) nWhist nt
whist [wɪst] n (BRIT) → whist m

whist
n whist [wist]
a type of card game. whist, brug ويسْت: لُعْبَة ورق вист whist whist der Whist ουίστ (παιχνίδι τράπουλας) whist vist نوعی بازی ورق visti whist מִשחַק ווּיסט ताश का एक खेल vist (kartaška igra) whist permainan kartu vist whist ホイスト 휘스트(네 사람이 하는 카드 놀이) vistas vists sejenis permainan kad whist whist wist whist whist вист whist (kartová hra) vist vist whist เกมไพ่ชนิดหนึ่งซึ่งมีผู้เล่น 2 ฝ่าย ฝ่ายละ 2 คน vist 惠斯特(紙牌遊戲的一種) віст ایک قسم کا تاش کا کھیل uýt (một lối đánh bài) (纸


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He mitigated the pain of that confession with a pinch of snuff, and went to the whist table to wait until the end of the rubber gave him a place at the game.
He objected to whist, cut the cloth at billiards, sang out of tune, kept very much to himself, and wrote to his Mamma and sisters at Home.
For truly, the Right Whale's mouth would accommodate a couple of whist tables, and comfortably seat all the players.
 
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