Wheesht

"Wheesht," says she, and looked over her shoulder to the door.

Kidnapped: The Adventures of David Balfour 1886

"Wheesht," says she, and looked over her shoulder to the door.

Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

And then she sang 'The Auld Hoose,' and Geordie, giving me another poke, said, 'That's ma ain sang,' and when I asked him what he meant, he whispered fiercely, 'Wheesht, man!' and I did, for his face looked dangerous.

Black Rock: a Tale of the Selkirks Ralph Connor 1898

"Wheesht!" whispered my grandfather, inclining his ear in the direction of the parlour door.

The Dew of Their Youth 1887

"Wheesht, wheesht; daddy!" pleaded Malcolm importunately.

Malcolm George MacDonald 1864

"Wheesht! faither!" interposed Duncan junior, "Mr Sutherland wass speakin ', an' ye've stoppit him."

The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains 1859

"Wheesht, mither," whispered the dying woman, slowly opening her eyes;

Hunted and Harried 1859

"Wheesht!" exclaims Woodley, just as Clancy ceases speaking.

The Death Shot A Story Retold Mayne Reid 1850

"Wheesht, wheesht, mistress," cried Mr. Craig; "ye mauna let your tongue rin awa with your sense in that gait."

The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family John Galt 1809

It was the first time I had heard that tune; I was to hear it again, words and all, as you shall learn, but I remember how that little stave of it ran in my head after the freetraders had bade him “Wheesht, in the deil’s name, ” and the grating of the oars had taken its place, and I stood and watched the dawn creeping on the sea, and the boat drawing away, and the lugger lying with her foresail backed awaiting it.

Persecutions Endured 1889