[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- "devil (also fiend) a (also the) haet": not a whit, nothing at all.

- "damn the haet" (formerly also "†damned haet"): nothing at all.

- Chiefly in negative contexts: a whit, a jot; the least thing; a small quantity.


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Origin:
early 18th century. From hae't, misapprehended as a noun, probably after phrases like the devil a bit, the devil a whit