Wight

wit, an island in the English channel off the south coast of England. It has an area of about 146 square miles. The greater part of the interior is devoted to sheep pastures. The southern coast is noted for a mild, agreeable climate. There are several health resorts. Osborne, near the port of Cowes, was a favorite residence of Queen Victoria. At her death the grounds were presented to the public by her son King Edward VII. Among the antiquities of the island is Carisbrooke Castle, at one time the refuge of the Stuart king, Charles I. Tennyson had a home in the Isle of Wight. See England