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- interjection Alternative spelling of
whisht .
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Examples
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It's slightly later than planned but, hud yer wheesht, we're busy people you know.
Get Your Fix Garry 2005
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It's slightly later than planned but, hud yer wheesht, we're busy people you know.
Archive 2005-07-01 Garry 2005
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"Aw, haud your wheesht, Mec," said the driver with a small laugh, putting the bus into reverse and pulling away.
Country of the Blind Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 1997
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But I may jist haud my wheesht, for I 'm naebody noo.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Oh, wheesht with you, Eleanor, and don't be talking such balderdash.
The Foolish Lovers St. John G. Ervine 1927
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A hell-leap o 'flame ... then the wheesht o' the tomb.
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There were nights of it when he was here on sentry, the place a 'wheesht, the frosts o' winter maybe riving in the wa's, and he would hear ane o 'the prisoners strike up a psalm, and the rest join in, and the blessed sounds rising from the different chalmers-or dungeons, I would raither say-so that this auld craig in the sea was like a pairt of Heev'n.
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There were nights of it when he was here on sentry, the place a 'wheesht, the frosts o' winter maybe riving in the wa's, and he would hear ane o 'the prisoners strike up a psalm, and the rest join in, and the blessed sounds rising from the different chalmers -- or dungeons, I would raither say -- so that this auld craig in the sea was like a pairt of Heev'n.
Catriona Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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There were nights of it when he was here on sentry, the place a 'wheesht, the frosts o' winter maybe riving in the wa's, and he would hear are o 'the prisoners strike up a psalm, and the rest join in, and the blessed sounds rising from the different chalmers -- or dungeons, I would raither say -- so that this auld craig in the sea was like a pairt of Heev'n.
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"Haud yer wheesht, Maister Ken -- haud yer wheesht!" cried the big forester angrily.
Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai George Manville Fenn 1870
bilby commented on the word wheesht
Scots - an admonition to be silent.
December 19, 2007
garyth123 commented on the word wheesht
hud yer tongue
December 5, 2008
bilby commented on the word wheesht
See also uisht.
December 5, 2008