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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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   A whit; a bit; a jot. [Obs.]
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   She was fallen asleep a little wight.
   Chaucer.
   
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   A supernatural being. [Obs.]
   Chaucer.
   
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   A human being; a person, either male or female; -- now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language. “Worst of all wightes.”
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   Every wight that hath discretion.
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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.
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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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