(i. e. Whittington's.) Newgate. Cant.--Five rum-padders are rubbed in the darkmans out of the whit, and are piked into the deuseaville; five highwaymen broke out of Newgate in the night, and are gone into the country.
·noun The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an iota; — generally used in an adver...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Not a whit, i. e. Not at all. Also a little while. North. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
(·noun & ·interj) ·Alt. of Tu-whoo. ...
a collar-maker. North. ...