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English Dictionary: whit by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whit
n
  1. a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whit \Whit\, n. [OE. wight, wiht, AS. wiht a creature, a thing.
      See {Wight}, and cf. {Aught}, {Naught}.]
      The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an
      iota; -- generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative
      sentence. [bd]Samuel told him every whit.[b8] --1 Sam. iii.
      18. [bd]Every whit as great.[b8] --South.
  
               So shall I no whit be behind in duty.      --Shak.
  
               It does not me a whit displease.            --Cowley.
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