Mite : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Mite	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Mite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mite n a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" Synonym(s): touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mite \Mite\, n. [AS. m[c6]te mite (in sense 1); akin to LG. mite, D. mijt, G. miete, OHG. m[c6]za; cf. Goth. maitan to cut.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) 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. [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.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Mite contraction of minute, from the Latin minutum, the translation of the Greek word lepton, the very smallest bronze of copper coin (Luke 12:59; 21:2). Two mites made one quadrans, i.e., the fourth part of a Roman as, which was in value nearly a halfpenny. (See {FARTHING}.)