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Wight

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Wight  (wt), Isle of
An island in the English Channel off south-central England. It is a popular resort area and yachting center. Queen Victoria often stayed at the Osborne House near Cowes.
wight 1  (wt)
n. Obsolete
A living being; a creature.
[Middle English, from Old English wiht; see wekti- in Indo-European roots.]
wight 2  (wt)
adj. Archaic
Valorous; brave.
[Middle English, from Old Norse vgt, neuter of vgr, able to fight; see weik-3 in Indo-European roots.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.wight - a human being; `wight' is an archaic term
creature
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
2.Wight - an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel
Isle of Wight
county - (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government; "the county has a population of 12,345 people"
British Isles - Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic
English Channel - an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that forms a channel between France and Britain


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At length, it would seem, his patient industry found its reward; for, without explanation or apology, he pronounced aloud the words "Isle of Wight," drew a long, sweet sound from his pitch-pipe, and then ran through the preliminary modulations of the air whose name he had just mentioned, with the sweeter tones of his own musical voice.
The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
Here was a lifelong inhabitant of the Isle of Wight who never had heard of either Germany or England
The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
In judging of that tempestuous wind called Euroclydon, says an old writer --of whose works I possess the only copy extant -- it maketh a marvellous difference, whether thou lookest out at it from a glass window where the frost is all on the outside, or whether thou observest it from that sashless window, where the frost is on both sides, and of which the wight Death is the only glazier.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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