be quiet! UK:SCOTLAND From Scots dialect wheesh (a hush).
— Michael Munro, TheOriginalPatter, p. 73, 1985
“I’ll go and see Mr Burque. He’ll give me something to help.” “Wheesht, lass, “tis his muck give ye the toothache tae start with.” — Virginia Henley, Tempted, p. 4, 1992