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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 a wight, vætt a whit, Goth. waíhts, waíht, thing; cf. Russ. veshche a thing. .   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. vīgr in fighting condition, neut. vīgh  vīg war, akin to AS. wīg 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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