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English Dictionary: tittle by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tittle
n
  1. a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tittle \Tit"tle\, n. [OE. titel, titil, apparently a dim. of
      tit, in the sense of small; cf. G. t[81]ttel a tittle, dim.
      of OHG. tutta teat. Perhaps, however, the same word as title,
      n.]
      A particle; a minute part; a jot; an iota.
  
               It is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one
               tittle of the law to fail.                     --Luke xvi.
                                                                              17.
  
               Every tittle of this prophecy is most exactly verified.
                                                                              --South.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Tittle
      a point, (Matt. 5:18; Luke 16:17), the minute point or stroke
      added to some letters of the Hebrew alphabet to distinguish them
      from others which they resemble; hence, the very least point.
     
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