WIGHT
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Wight (?), n. Weight. [Obs.]
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Wight, n. [OE. wight, wiht, a wight, a whit, AS. wiht, wuht, a creature, a thing; skin to D. wicht a child, OS. & OHG. wiht a creature, thing, G. wicht a creature, Icel. vætt&unr_; a wight, vætt&unr_; a whit, Goth. waíhts, waíht, thing; cf. Russ. veshche a thing. &unr_;. Cf. Whit.]
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1. A whit; a bit; a jot. [Obs.]
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She was fallen asleep a little wight.
Chaucer.
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2. A supernatural being. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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3. A human being; a person, either male or female; -- now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language. “Worst of all wightes.” Chaucer.
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Every wight that hath discretion.
Chaucer.
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Oh, say me true if thou wert mortal wight.
Milton.
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Wight, a. [OE. wight, wiht, probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. v&ī;gr in fighting condition, neut. v&ī;gh &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; v&ī;g war, akin to AS. w&ī;g See Vanquish.] Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active. [Obs. or Poetic]
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'T is full wight, God wot, as is a roe.
Chaucer.
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He was so wimble and so wight.
Spenser.
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They were Night and Day, and Day and Night,
Pilgrims wight with steps forthright.
Emerson.
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