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slovo definícia whist (encz) whist,whist n: [karet.] druh karetní hry Zdeněk Brož whist (czen) whist,whistn: [karet.] druh karetní hry Zdeněk Brož Whist (gcide) Whist \Whist\, v. t. [From Whist, interj.] To hush or silence. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Whist (gcide) Whist \Whist\, v. i. To be or become silent or still; to be hushed or mute. [R.] --Surrey. [1913 Webster] Whist (gcide) Whist \Whist\, a. [Properly p. p. of whist, v.] Not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still; quiet. "So whist and dead a silence." --Sir J. Harrington. [1913 Webster] The winds, with wonder whist, Smoothly the waters kissed. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Note: This adjective generally follows its noun, or is used predicatively. [1913 Webster] Whist (gcide) Whist \Whist\, interj. [Cf. G. st! pst! bst! ???. Cf. Hist.] Be silent; be still; hush; silence. [1913 Webster] Whist (gcide) Whist \Whist\, n. [From Whist, interj.] 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. [1913 Webster] Note: 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. [1913 Webster] Bridge whist. See Bridge, n., above. Duplicate whist, a form of whist in playing which the hands are preserved as dealt and played again by other players, as when each side holds in the second round the cards played by the opposing side in the first round. Solo whist. See Solo whist, above. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] whist (wn) whist n 1: a card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six [syn: whist, long whist, short whist]

podobné slovo definícia blow the whistle (mass) blow the whistle - prezradiť all the bells and whistles (encz) all the bells and whistles,s mnoha funkcemi Zdeněk Brož as clean as a whistle (encz) as clean as a whistle,bez nečistot Zdeněk Brožas clean as a whistle,čistý [fráz.] velmi čistý Pinoas clean as a whistle,čistý jako křišťál [fráz.] ekvivalent fráze Pino bells and whistles (encz) bells and whistles,atraktivní vlastnosti navíc n: pl. jose blow the whistle (encz) blow the whistle,prozradit v: Zdeněk Brož clean as a whistle (encz) clean as a whistle,čistý [fráz.] velmi čistý Pinoclean as a whistle,čistý jako křišťál [fráz.] ekvivalent fráze Pino dummy whist (encz) dummy whist, n: factory whistle (encz) factory whistle, n: long whist (encz) long whist, n: pennywhistle (encz) pennywhistle, n: short whist (encz) short whist, n: steam whistle (encz) steam whistle, n: tin whistle (encz) tin whistle, n: wet your whistle (encz) wet your whistle, whist (encz) whist,whist n: [karet.] druh karetní hry Zdeněk Brož whist drive (encz) whist drive, n: whistle (encz) whistle,hvízdat v: Zdeněk Brožwhistle,pískání n: Zdeněk Brožwhistle,pískat v: Zdeněk Brožwhistle,pískat si v: PetrVwhistle,písknutí n: Zdeněk Brožwhistle,píšťala n: whistle,píšťalka n: PetrVwhistle,zahvízdat v: Zdeněk Brož whistle blower (encz) whistle blower, n: whistle buoy (encz) whistle buoy, n: whistle stop (encz) whistle stop,bezvýznamné městečko n: Zdeněk Brožwhistle stop,s mnoha zastávkami Zdeněk Brož whistle-blower (encz) whistle-blower, whistle-blowing (encz) whistle-blowing,udavačství n: Zdeněk Brož whistle-stop (encz) whistle-stop,s mnoha zastávkami Zdeněk Brož whistle-stop tour (encz) whistle-stop tour, n: whistleblow (encz) whistleblow,prásknout v: Martin M.whistleblow,udat v: Martin M.whistleblow,zazpívat v: Martin M. whistleblower (encz) whistleblower, n: whistled (encz) whistled,hvízdal v: Zdeněk Brožwhistled,zahvízdal v: Zdeněk Brož whistler (encz) whistler,pískající osoba n: Zdeněk Brožwhistler,svišť n: Zdeněk Brož whistles (encz) whistles,hvízdá v: Zdeněk Brožwhistles,píšťaly n: pl. Zdeněk Brož whistlestop (encz) whistlestop, v: whistling (encz) whistling,pískání n: Zdeněk Brož whistling buoy (encz) whistling buoy, n: whistling marmot (encz) whistling marmot, n: whistling swan (encz) whistling swan, n: wolf whistle (encz) wolf whistle,obdivné zahvízdnutí n: Zdeněk Brož whist (czen) whist,whistn: [karet.] druh karetní hry Zdeněk Brož Bridge whist (gcide) Whist \Whist\, n. [From Whist, interj.] 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. [1913 Webster] Note: 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. [1913 Webster] Bridge whist. See Bridge, n., above. Duplicate whist, a form of whist in playing which the hands are preserved as dealt and played again by other players, as when each side holds in the second round the cards played by the opposing side in the first round. Solo whist. See Solo whist, above. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Domino whist (gcide) Domino whist \Dom"i*no whist\ A game of cards in which the suits are played in sequence, beginning with a 5 or 9, the player who gets rid of his cards first being the winner. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Duplicate whist (gcide) Whist \Whist\, n. [From Whist, interj.] 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. [1913 Webster] Note: 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. [1913 Webster] Bridge whist. See Bridge, n., above. Duplicate whist, a form of whist in playing which the hands are preserved as dealt and played again by other players, as when each side holds in the second round the cards played by the opposing side in the first round. Solo whist. See Solo whist, above. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Progressive whist (gcide) Progressive \Pro*gress"ive\, a. [Cf. F. progressif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde. [1913 Webster] 2. Improving; as, art is in a progressive state. [1913 Webster] 3. (U. S. History) Of or pertaining to the Progressive party. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 4. Favoring improvement, change, progress, or reform, especially in a political context; -- used of people. Contrasted with conservative. [PJC] Note: The term progressive is sometimes used to describe the views of a politician, where liberal might have been used at one time, in communities where the term liberal has come to connote extreme views. [PJC] 5. Disposed toward adopting new methods in government or education, holding tolerant and liberal ideas, and generally favoring improvement in civic life; -- of towns and communities. [PJC] Progressive euchre or Progressive whist, a way of playing at card parties, by which after every game, the losers at the first table go to the last table, and the winners at all the tables, except the first, move up to the next table. Progressive muscular atrophy (Med.), a nervous disorder characterized by continuous atrophy of the muscles. [1913 Webster] -- Pro*gress"ive*ly, adv. -- Pro*gress"ive*ness, n. [1913 Webster] Solo whist (gcide) Solo whist \Solo whist\ A card game played with the full pack ranking as at whist, each player declaring for which of seven different points he proposes to play. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]Whist \Whist\, n. [From Whist, interj.] 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. [1913 Webster] Note: 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. [1913 Webster] Bridge whist. See Bridge, n., above. Duplicate whist, a form of whist in playing which the hands are preserved as dealt and played again by other players, as when each side holds in the second round the cards played by the opposing side in the first round. Solo whist. See Solo whist, above. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Steam whistle (gcide) Steam \Steam\ (st[=e]m), n. [OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS. ste['a]m vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf. Gr. sty`ein to erect, sty^los a pillar, and E. stand.] 1. The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling point; water in the state of vapor; gaseous water. [1913 Webster + PJC] 2. The mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; -- so called in popular usage. [1913 Webster] 3. Any exhalation. "A steam of rich, distilled perfumes." --Milton. [1913 Webster] Dry steam, steam which does not contain water held in suspension mechanically; -- sometimes applied to superheated steam. Exhaust steam. See under Exhaust. High steam, or High-pressure steam, steam of which the pressure greatly exceeds that of the atmosphere. Low steam, or Low-pressure steam, steam of which the pressure is less than, equal to, or not greatly above, that of the atmosphere. Saturated steam, steam at the temperature of the boiling point which corresponds to its pressure; -- sometimes also applied to wet steam. Superheated steam, steam heated to a temperature higher than the boiling point corresponding to its pressure. It can not exist in contact with water, nor contain water, and resembles a perfect gas; -- called also {surcharged steam}, anhydrous steam, and steam gas. Wet steam, steam which contains water held in suspension mechanically; -- called also misty steam. [1913 Webster] Note: Steam is often used adjectively, and in combination, to denote, produced by heat, or operated by power, derived from steam, in distinction from other sources of power; as in steam boiler or steam-boiler, steam dredger or steam-dredger, steam engine or steam-engine, steam heat, steam plow or steam-plow, etc. [1913 Webster] Steam blower. (a) A blower for producing a draught consisting of a jet or jets of steam in a chimney or under a fire. (b) A fan blower driven directly by a steam engine. Steam boiler, a boiler for producing steam. See Boiler, 3, and Note. In the illustration, the shell a of the boiler is partly in section, showing the tubes, or flues, which the hot gases, from the fire beneath the boiler, enter, after traversing the outside of the shell, and through which the gases are led to the smoke pipe d, which delivers them to the chimney; b is the manhole; c the dome; e the steam pipe; f the feed and blow-off pipe; g the safety valve; hthe water gauge. Steam car, a car driven by steam power, or drawn by a locomotive. Steam carriage, a carriage upon wheels moved on common roads by steam. Steam casing. See Steam jacket, under Jacket. Steam chest, the box or chamber from which steam is distributed to the cylinder of a steam engine, steam pump, etc., and which usually contains one or more valves; -- called also valve chest, and valve box. See Illust. of Slide valve, under Slide. Steam chimney, an annular chamber around the chimney of a boiler furnace, for drying steam. Steam coil, a coil of pipe, or a collection of connected pipes, for containing steam; -- used for heating, drying, etc. Steam colors (Calico Printing), colors in which the chemical reaction fixing the coloring matter in the fiber is produced by steam. Steam cylinder, the cylinder of a steam engine, which contains the piston. See Illust. of Slide valve, under Slide. Steam dome (Steam Boilers), a chamber upon the top of the boiler, from which steam is conducted to the engine. See Illust. of Steam boiler, above. Steam fire engine, a fire engine consisting of a steam boiler and engine, and pump which is driven by the engine, combined and mounted on wheels. It is usually drawn by horses, but is sometimes made self-propelling. Steam fitter, a fitter of steam pipes. Steam fitting, the act or the occupation of a steam fitter; also, a pipe fitting for steam pipes. Steam gas. See Superheated steam, above. Steam gauge, an instrument for indicating the pressure of the steam in a boiler. The mercurial steam gauge is a bent tube partially filled with mercury, one end of which is connected with the boiler while the other is open to the air, so that the steam by its pressure raises the mercury in the long limb of the tube to a height proportioned to that pressure. A more common form, especially for high pressures, consists of a spring pressed upon by the steam, and connected with the pointer of a dial. The spring may be a flattened, bent tube, closed at one end, which the entering steam tends to straighten, or it may be a diaphragm of elastic metal, or a mass of confined air, etc. Steam gun, a machine or contrivance from which projectiles may be thrown by the elastic force of steam. Steam hammer, a hammer for forging, which is worked directly by steam; especially, a hammer which is guided vertically and operated by a vertical steam cylinder located directly over an anvil. In the variety known as Nasmyth's, the cylinder is fixed, and the hammer is attached to the piston rod. In that known as Condie's, the piston is fixed, and the hammer attached to the lower end of the cylinder. Steam heater. (a) A radiator heated by steam. (b) An apparatus consisting of a steam boiler, radiator, piping, and fixures for warming a house by steam. Steam jacket. See under Jacket. Steam packet, a packet or vessel propelled by steam, and running periodically between certain ports. Steam pipe, any pipe for conveying steam; specifically, a pipe through which steam is supplied to an engine. Steam plow or Steam plough, a plow, or gang of plows, moved by a steam engine. Steam port, an opening for steam to pass through, as from the steam chest into the cylinder. Steam power, the force or energy of steam applied to produce results; power derived from a steam engine. Steam propeller. See Propeller. Steam pump, a small pumping engine operated by steam. It is usually direct-acting. Steam room (Steam Boilers), the space in the boiler above the water level, and in the dome, which contains steam. Steam table, a table on which are dishes heated by steam for keeping food warm in the carving room of a hotel, restaurant, etc. Steam trap, a self-acting device by means of which water that accumulates in a pipe or vessel containing steam will be discharged without permitting steam to escape. Steam tug, a steam vessel used in towing or propelling ships. Steam vessel, a vessel propelled by steam; a steamboat or steamship; a steamer. Steam whistle, an apparatus attached to a steam boiler, as of a locomotive, through which steam is rapidly discharged, producing a loud whistle which serves as a warning or a signal. The steam issues from a narrow annular orifice around the upper edge of the lower cup or hemisphere, striking the thin edge of the bell above it, and producing sound in the manner of an organ pipe or a common whistle. [1913 Webster]