English Dictionary: whit | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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. |