A nick name for a cheesemonger: from the small insect of that name found in cheese.
mīte, adv., v. mitis fin. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
(mīte) adv., only comp.and sup.mitis, mildly, gently : Mitius ista feres, O.: mitissime legatos ap...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
·noun A small weight; one twentieth of a grain. II. Mite ·noun Anything very small; a minute object...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Contraction of minute, from the Latin minutum, the translation of the Greek word lepton, the very sm...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
a coin current in Palestine in the time of our Lord. (Mark 12:41-44; Luke 21:1-4) It seems in Palest...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·- Any of numerous species of aquatic mites belonging to Hydrachna and allied genera of the family H...