Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MITE, n. [Sax. mite; D. myt; Dan. mid; Fr. mite; and Ch. מעט, small. Class Md, No. I7.]

1. A very small insect of the genus Acarus.
2. In Scripture, a small piece of money, the quarter of a denarius, or about seven English farthings. Encyc.
3. Any thing proverbially very small; a very little particle or quantity. Dryden.
4. The twentieth part of a grain. Arbuthnot.