1. (n.) A minute object, creature or amount; a small arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See Acarina.
2. (n.) 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.
3. (n.) A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
4. (n.) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
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