/hwit"nee, wit"-/ , n.
1. Eli , 1765-1825, U.S. manufacturer and inventor.
2. John Hay , 1904-82, U.S. diplomat and newspaper publisher.
3. Josiah Dwight , 1819-96, U.S. geologist.
4. William Dwight , 1827-94, U.S. philologist and lexicographer (brother of Josiah Dwight).
5. Mount , a mountain in E California, in the Sierra Nevada. 14,495 ft. (4418 m).
6. a male given name.