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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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husht
▪ 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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▪ 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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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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