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noun

Mite n.

(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.

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."

A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.

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

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"Mite" Quotes from Famous Books

... inquire concerning the death of a very little mite of a child. It was the old miserable story. Whether the mother had committed the minor offence of concealing the birth, or whether she had committed the major offence of killing the child, was the question on which we were wanted. ...

— The Uncommercial Traveller • Charles Dickens

... The girl still posed as an invalid taking a rest-cure, and her tips to Violet were generous. Once she heard Kit inquiring who lived in the next room; but Mrs. Mac's answer was satisfactory. A poor little mite of a thing, out of a job as lady's maid, was their neighbour; Irish, and recommended by an ...

— The Lion's Mouse • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson

... in these pages, perhaps, that will exactly point out the path most fitting for you to take; still I cannot but think that so many have been indicated, that you will have no difficulty in finding some one that may lead to the main object if your heart is set upon it. If you throw but a mite into the treasury of good will which ought to exist between the employers and the employed, you do something towards relieving one of the great burdens of this age, possibly of all ages; you aid in cementing together the various orders of the state; you are one of those ...

— The Claims of Labour - an essay on the duties of the employers to the employed • Arthur Helps

... don't hear the leastest thing," sobbed Prudy, glad of an excuse to cry again. "She can't hear the leastest mite of a thing! Where's the holes in her ears gone to? ...

— Little Prudy's Dotty Dimple • Sophie May

... his trembling hand toward his mite, and protecting his head from Kuvalda's fist with the ...

— Creatures That Once Were Men • Maxim Gorky

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