obs. var. HUSHT int.1 and a. (cf. WHISHT); pa. t. and pple. of whush, obs. var. HUSH v.1 (see under WHUSH).
1557. Tottel’s Misc. (Arb.), 202. The audience ceased…, and euery thing was whusht.
1581. A. Hall, Iliad, V. 101. All for dread are whusht.
1598. Florio, Citto, a word to bid children holde their peace, as we say whusht, husht.
