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  • abbreviation History (in journal titles such as "J Hist Neurosci" - "Journal of the History of Neuroscience")

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Examples

  • "Hist" -- said the trapper, cutting with great dexterity and rapidity the thong, which bound one of the arms of Paul to his body, and dropping his knife at the same time within reach of the liberated hand.

    The Prairie James Fenimore Cooper 1820

  • The Golden Compass is the first book in a trilogy entitled Hist Dark Materials and is perhaps more controversial and darker that Harry Potter ever dreamed of.

    Books Turned Movies: Fall Season has Many works Headed for the Silver Screen 2007

  • The Golden Compass is the first book in a trilogy entitled Hist Dark Materials and is perhaps more controversial and darker that Harry Potter ever dreamed of.

    Archive 2007-08-01 2007

  • Aëtius see FREEMAN, Aëtius and Boniface, in English Hist.,

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

  • The old man still sat at his little camp-table, magnifying glass in hand, and at Dick's low "Hist," he turned a bland, inquiring gaze in his direction.

    A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa Frederick Cornell

  • Alice merely said "Hist," and we went down to mingle with the troops as though by accident, and seek for information.

    The Wouldbegoods Edith 1901

  • Alice merely said 'Hist', and we went down to mingle with the troops as though by accident, and seek for information.

    The Wouldbegoods 1891

  • "Hist," he whispered; "don't say a word, but it's a little wine I have in my canteen which the old robber is welcome to, if you think it will do him any good."

    The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia William Henry Thomes 1859

  • And remember when we turned aside a company of the djinn to thee, that they might hearken to the Koran: and no sooner were they present at its reading than they said to each other, "Hist;" and when it was ended, they returned to their people with warnings.

    The Koran (Al-Qur'an) 1854

  • "Hist"! said the wary woodsman, interrupting Heyward's exclamation of surprise; "the varlets are about the place, and any sounds that are not natural to witchcraft would bring them back upon us in a body".

    The Last of the Mohicans 1826

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