jot : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: jot	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for jot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jot n a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note [syn: jotting, jot] a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" Synonym(s): touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon v write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of [syn: jot down, jot]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jot \Jot\, n. [L. iota, Gr. [?] the name of the letter (E. i, Heb. y[?]d), the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet. Cf. {Iota}.] An iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle. Cf. {Bit}, n. Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. --Matt. v. 18. Neither will they bate One jot of ceremony. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jot \Jot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jotting}.] To set down; to make a brief note of; -- usually followed by down.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Jot or Iota, the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet, used metaphorically or proverbially for the smallest thing (Matt. 5:18); or it may be = yod, which is the smallest of the Hebrew letters.