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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
dust
mite
,
cheese
mite
,
sugar
mite
,
harvest
mite
,
three-toed spider
mite
, etc.
See
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.
[Heb. small.]
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.

Definition 2024

mité

mité

See also: mite and mitë

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mité m ‎(feminine singular mitée, masculine plural mités, feminine plural mitées)

  1. past participle of miter

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