obs. var. HUSHT int.1, a., v.
1598. Florio, Quetare, to quiet,… to whosht. Ibid., Zita, an aduerbe to commaund …. silence, as we say isse, whosht or st. Ibid. (1611), Quattare … to whosht and lie close, to lurke. Ibid. Quatto quatto, very squat, very whoosht.
