·noun The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an iota;
— generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence.
(i. e. Whittington's.) Newgate. Cant.--Five rum-padders are rubbed in the darkmans out of the whit, ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
a collar-maker. North. ...