Wight - Definition of Wight by Webster Dictionary

Definition of Wight

n.	1.	Weight.
	1.
	1.	A whit; a bit; a jot. She was fallen asleep a little wight. - Chaucer.
	2.	A supernatural being.
	3.	A human being; a person, either male or female; - now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language. Every wight that hath discretion. - Chaucer. Oh, say me true if thou wert mortal wight. - Milton.
a.	1.	Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active. 'T is full wight, God wot, as is a roe. - Chaucer. He was so wimble and so wight. - Spenser. They were Night and Day, and Day and Night, Pilgrims wight with steps forthright. - Emerson.

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