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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)