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wight1    Audio Help   [wahyt] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a human being.
2.Obsolete.
a.a supernatural being, as a witch or sprite.
b.any living being; a creature.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME, OE wiht; c. G Wicht, ON véttr, Goth waiht]
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–adjective British Dialect.
1.strong and brave, esp. in war.
2.active; nimble.
[Origin: 1175–1225; ME < Scand; cf. ON vīgt, neut. of vīgr able to fight]
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–noun
Isle of, an island off the S coast of England, forming an administrative division of Hampshire. 147 sq. mi. (381 sq. km). County seat: Newport.
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wight 1    Audio Help   (wīt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Obsolete
A living being; a creature.


[Middle English, from Old English wiht; see wekti- in Indo-European roots.]

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wight 2    Audio Help   (wīt)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Archaic
Valorous; brave.


[Middle English, from Old Norse vīgt, neuter of vīgr, able to fight; see weik-3 in Indo-European roots.]

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An island in the English Channel off south-central England. It is a popular resort area and yachting center. Queen Victoria often stayed at the Osborne House near Cowes.

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wight 
O.E. wiht "living being, creature," from P.Gmc. *wekhtiz (cf. O.S. wiht "thing, demon," Du. wicht "a little child," O.H.G. wiht "thing, creature, demon," Ger. Wicht "creature, infant," O.N. vettr "thing, creature," Swed. vätte "spirit of the earth, gnome," Goth. waihts "something"). The only apparent cognate outside Gmc. is O.C.S. vešti "a thing." Not related to the Isle of Wight, which is from L. Vectis (c.150), originally Celtic, possibly meaning "place of the division."

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wight

noun
1. a human being; 'wight' is an archaic term [syn: creature] 
2. an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel 

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Isle of Wight County, VA (county, FIPS 93) Location: 36.90704 N, 76.71121 W
Population (1990): 25053 (9753 housing units)
Area: 818.2 sq km (land), 121.5 sq km (water)

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Aught\, n. [OE. aught, ought, awiht, AS. [=a]wiht, [=a] ever + wiht. [root]136. See Aye ever, and Whit, Wight.] Anything; any part. [Also written ought.]

There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken. --Josh. xxi. 45

But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. --Addison.
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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.
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Wight

Wight\, n. Weight. [Obs.]
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