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▪ I. husht, int.1 Now dial. (hʌʃt) Also 6 hui(s)sht. [app. a variant of hust int., q.v.] = hush int.1387–8 T. Usk Test. Love (ed. 1531) i. v. (ed. Skeat I. 90), Thus, after jangling wordes, cometh huissht! pees! and be stille! 1565–73 Cooper Thesaurus, Bat, a worde of reproche: as tush: tut. Sometym...
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hushed
hushed, ppl. a. (hʌʃt) Also 7–8 hush'd. See also husht. [Historically a continuation of the earlier adj. husht, but treated as the pa. pple. of hush v.1, after the appearance of the latter.] Reduced to silence; silenced, stilled, quieted.1602 Marston Ant. & Mel. i. Wks. 1856 I. 15 Vouchsafe me, then...
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Buckley, Flintshire
the limit of boredom
A lick and a promise – a quick wash
Fasen the fost un fost – fasten the first one first
The daddy on um aw – the best of the lot
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whusht
whusht obs. var. husht int.1 and a. (cf. whisht); pa. tense and pple. of whush, obs. var. hush v.1 (see under whush).1557 Tottel's Misc. (Arb.) 202 The audience ceased.., and euery thing was whusht. 1581 A. Hall Iliad v. 101 All for dread are whusht. 1598 Florio, Citto, a word to bid children holde ...
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Daud Bandagi Kirmani
The interior of the Husht Phelo (Octagonal) shrine is decorated with intricate Naqashi (floral and geometric wall frescoes).
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hushtness
† hushtness Obs. [f. husht a. + -ness.] Silence, stillness.1609 Heywood Brit. Troy (N.), A generall hushtnesse hath the world possest.
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huisht
† huisht, a. Obs. var. of husht or whisht, silent. (Cf. husht int.1)1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 248 He y{supt} might by authoritie, commaunde al men to be huisht and silent. Hence † huishtly adv.1548 Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. John xvi. (R.), I shal then speake vnto you huishtlie and without woordes.
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whosht
whosht (whoosht) obs. var. husht int.1, a., v.1598 Florio, Quetare, to quiet,..to whosht. Ibid., Zita, an aduerbe to commaund..silence, as we say isse, whosht or st. 1611 Ibid., Quattare..to whosht and lie close, to lurke. Ibid., Quatto quatto, very squat, very whoosht.
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hust
▪ I. † hust, int. Obs. [A natural utterance or ‘vocal gesture’, enjoining silence. It varies with husht, huisht, whisht, whist, and hist, all having the characteristic element 'st! 'sht! preceded by the whispered consonant h or hw, with the connecting vowel i, or u (ui). See hist. As an interjection...
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amated
† aˈmated, ppl. a. Obs. [f. amate v.1 + -ed.] Dismayed, overwhelmed, confounded.1592 Greene Groatsw. Wit (1874) 15 He that tamed monsters, stoode amated at beauties ornaments. 1600 Fairfax Tasso xi. xii. 197 Stood husht and still, amated and amased. 1656 Trapp Expos. Matt. x. 19 (1868) 154/1 Demosth...
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hush
▪ I. hush, n.1 (hʌʃ) A local Sc. name for the Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus). Also hush-bagaty, hush-padle (cf. cock-paddle).a 1605 Polwart Flyting w. Montgomerie 746 Hush padle, lick ladle. 1808–18 Jamieson, Hush, the Lump, a fish.▪ II. hush, n.2 (hʌʃ) [f. hush v.1 Rare before the 19th c., but then ...
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'st
▪ I. st, int. (st) Also 7 'st. [repr. a checked sibilation, instinctively felt as expressive; less exactly rendered by hist, † ist ints. Cf. L. st (Plautus, Terence, etc.).] 1. An exclamation used to impose silence; = hush, whist.1552 Huloet, St, a voyce of silence or taciturnitye or thus husht, or ...
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whisht
▪ I. whisht, n. (hwɪʃt) Also 9 Sc. wheesht, wheisht. [f. whisht int.] 1. An utterance of ‘whisht!’ to enjoin silence: cf. whist n.2 1.1553 T. Wilson Rhet. 106 A Whisht is when we bid them holde their peace that haue least cause to speake. 1908 S. Weyman Wild Geese viii, What do you mean with your ‘w...
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ist
▪ I. ist, quasi-n. [The suffix -ist used generically as a nonce-word.] A professor of some ism; a holder of some special doctrine, or adherent of some system; a votary of, or expert in, a particular science, art, or pursuit. Chiefly used in a context suggesting some group of words in -ist, and often...
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