Whit — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Whitsunday.

   Synonyms

   PentecostWhitsun

   Examples

   Holonyms: Pentecost, Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whit (season)

2. The season of Whitsuntide.

   Synonyms

   PentecostWhitsunWhitsuntide

   Examples

   Meronyms: Pentecost, Whitsun, Whit (day)

Proper noun

1. Newgate Prison in London, England (particularly as it was in the 15- and 1600s).

   Usage

   • Archaic
   • Historical

   Examples

   More examples (2)

   A Bow Street Runner says "I knew a cove as talked the way you do – leastways, in the way of business I knew him! In fact, you remind me of him very strong […] He was on the dub-lay, and very clever with his fambles. He ended up in the Whit, o’ course."

   One of the strong drinks brewed in the Whit, a place as noted for the variety of its potions as the irony of its expressions, was called 'South Sea'. The gin brewed in Newgate was […]