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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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1828 Definition
WHIST, a. Silent; mute; still; not speaking; not making a noise.
WHIST, n. A game at cards, so called because it requires silence or close attention. It is not in America pronounced whisk.
1913 Definition
Be silent; be
still; hush; silence.
A certain game at cards; -- so called because it requires silence and
close attention. It is played by four persons (those who sit opposite each
other being partners) with a complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player
has thirteen cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished, and
the cards are again shuffled and distributed.
* Points are scored for the tricks taken in excess of six, and for the honors held. In long whist, now seldom played, ten points make the game; in short whist, now usually played in England, five points make the game. In American whist, so-called, honors are not counted, and seven points by tricks make the game. To hush or silence.
[Obs.] Spenser. To be or become silent or
still; to be hushed or mute.
[R.] Surrey. Not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still;
quiet.
"So whist and dead a silence." Sir J.
Harrington.
The winds, with wonder whist, * This adjective generally follows its noun, or is used predicatively. A member of a
self-appointed vigilance committee attempting by lynch-law methods to
drive away or coerce persons obnoxious to it. Some early ones wore
white hoods or masks.
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