Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Whit"
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. ``Samuel told him every whit.'' --1 Sam. iii. 18.
``Every whit as great.'' --South.
So shall I no whit be behind in duty. --Shak.
It does not me a whit displease. --Cowley.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
whit
n : a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: {shred}, {scintilla},
{iota}, {tittle}, {smidgen}, {smidgeon}, {smidgin}, {smidge}]
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