Definitions for "Whist"
Keywords:  hush, silence, silent, thirteen, mute
Whist is a online card game. It works under windows and linux.
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, the hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed.
Keywords:  forerunners, bridge, one
one of the forerunners of bridge.