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Webster 1913 Edition
Mite
Mite
(mīt)
, Noun.
[AS.
mīte
mite (in sense 1); akin to LG. mite
, D. mijt
, G. miete
, OHG. mīza
; cf. Goth. maitan
to cut.] 1.
(Zool.)
A minute arachnid, of the order
Acarina
, of which there are many species; as, the
See dust
, mite
cheese
, mite
sugar
, mite
harvest
, mite
three-toed spider
, etc. mite
Acarina
. 2.
[D.
mijt
; prob. the same word.] A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. The name is also applied to a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.
Two
mites
, which make a farthing. Mark xii. 49.
3.
A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
4.
Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
For in effect they be not worth a
myte
. Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mite
MITE
,Noun.
1.
A very small insect of the genus Acarus.2.
In Scripture, a small piece of money, the quarter of a denarius, or about seven English farthings.3.
Any thing proverbially very small; a very little particle or quantity.4.
The twentieth part of a grain.