[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster

         so shall i no whit be behind in duty.    --shak.
   1913 webster

         it does not me a whit displease.         --cowley.
   1913 webster
see also:
wight aught naught 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

whit
     n : a tiny or scarcely detectable amount syn: shred, scintilla,
          iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge
see also:
shred scintilla iota tittle smidgen smidgeon 
smidgin smidge 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

54 moby thesaurus words for "whit":
   ace, atom, bit, dab, damn, dole, dot, dram, dribble, driblet,
   dwarf, farthing, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, gobbet, grain, granule,
   groat, hair, handful, hoot, iota, jot, little, little bit, lota,
   minim, minimum, minutiae, mite, modicum, molecule, mote, nutshell,
   ounce, particle, pebble, pinch, pittance, point, scruple, shred,
   smidgen, smitch, speck, spoonful, spot, thimbleful, tiny bit,
   tittle, trifling amount, trivia, whoop

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