MITE

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See Acarina.

2.
n.

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.
n.

A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.

4.
n.

Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle. For in effect they be not worth a myte. Chaucer.