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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Two mites, which make a farthing. Mark xii. 49. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A small weight; one twentieth of a grain. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle. [ 1913 Webster ]

For in effect they be not worth a myte. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of low slender herbs of North America and Northeast Asia having flowers with trifid or pinnatifid petals.
Syn. -- genus Mitella. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Mitella, -- slender, perennial herbs with a pod slightly resembling a bishop's miter; bishop's cap. [ 1913 Webster ]

False miterwort, a white-flowered perennial herb of the United States (Tiarella cardifolia). [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. Also ‖. [ Icel. miðgarðr. ] (Teut. Myth.) The middle space or region between heaven and hell, the abode of human beings; the earth. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. See Mythic. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. Mithraism.
Syn. -- . [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. The ancient Persian religion which worshiped Mithra; it was popular among Romans during first three centuries a. d.
Syn. -- Mithraicism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. An adherent of Mithraism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Of or pertaining to Mithraism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. [ L., from Gr. &unr_;. ] The sun god of the ancient Persians; the god of light and truth. [ 1913 Webster ]