Thy tu-whits are lulled, I wot, Thy tu-whoos of yesternight. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
whit — whit·en; whit·en·er; whit·field s; whit·ish·ness; whit·leather; whit·ley; whit·ling; whit·lock·ite; whit·low; whit·man·ese; whit·man·esque; whit·ma·ni·ac; whit·mon·day; whit·rack; whit·ster; whit·sun·day; whit·sun·tide; whit·taw·er; whit·ten;… … English syllables
Whit Friday — Whit Friday, meaning White Friday, is the the name given to the first Friday after Pentecost or Whitsun (White Sunday).This day is mostly celebrated in the Church of England or Anglican denominations and is less celebrated in Roman Catholic… … Wikipedia
Whit Stillman — (born John Whitney Stillman in Washington, D.C. on January 25, 1952 [ [http://www.hollywood.com/CelebDOBList/Day/25/Month/1 Celebrities at Hollywood.com ] ] [ [http://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne gen cpersonne=29475.html Whit Stillman ] … Wikipedia
Whit Stillman — Whit Whitney Stillman (né le 25 janvier 1952[1],[2]) est un réalisateur américain particulièrement connu pour son film Metropolitan (1990). Sommaire 1 Films … Wikipédia en Français
Whit Monday — noun The Monday following Whitsunday • • • Main Entry: ↑Whit * * * Whit Monday [Whit Monday] the day after ↑Whit Sunday. It used to be a ↑bank holiday in Britain. In the 1960s it was replaced by the ↑Spring Bank Holiday … Useful english dictionary
Whit Bissell — (* 25. Oktober 1909 in New York City; † 5. März 1996 in Los Angeles; eigentlich Whitner Nutting Bissell) war ein US amerikanischer Schauspieler. Leben Bissell studierte Schauspielkunst bei den mit der University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Whit — Sunday (or Pentecost) is the seventh Sunday after Easter, and Whit Monday is the day following Whit Sunday. Whitsun and Whit are regularly used as informal shortenings of Whitsuntide, the weekend including Whit Sunday. Whit is related in form to… … Modern English usage
Whit — Whit, n. [OE. wight, wiht, AS. wiht a creature, a thing. See {Wight}, and cf. {Aught}, {Naught}.] The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an iota; generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence. Samuel told him every … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Whit Bissel — Whit Bissell Whit Bissell (né le 25 octobre 1909 à New York et décédé le 5 mars 1996 en Californie) est un acteur américain. Whit Bissell est né à New York d un père chirurgien renommé et d une mère (reine du foyer). Le jeune Bissell suit ses… … Wikipédia en Français
whit — a 16c word derived ultimately from an Old English form meaning ‘a thing or creature of unknown origin’, is commonly used in both BrE and AmE in the phrase not a whit or no whit (= not at all, by no means): • This much ballyhooed Andrew Lloyd… … Modern English usage
Whit Haydn — Whit Pop Haydn (born July 19, 1949 as Whitney Wesley Hadden in Clarksville, Tennessee) is an American magician, the winner of six Magician of the Year performing awards from the Magic Castle. In February 2006, he also became Vice President of… … Wikipedia
