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   Mite (mīt), n. [AS. mīte mite (in sense 1); akin to LG. mite, D. mijt, G. miete, OHG. mīza; cf. Goth. maitan to cut.]
   1. (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.
   
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   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.
   
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   Two mites, which make a farthing. Mark xii. 49.
   
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   3. A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
   
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   4. Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
   
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   For in effect they be not worth a myte. Chaucer.
   
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