Whit, n.

(hwĭt), n. [O. Eng. wight, whytte, whit, from A.-S. wiht, a creature, a thing. See WIGHT and AUGHT.] The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; — used adverbially, and usually in a negative sentence. “Every whit as great and extraordinary.” South.

So shall I no whit be behind. Shak.

It does not me a whit displease. Cowley.