Mite
Mite (mīt) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon mīte mite (in sense 1); akin to LG. mite, Dutch mijt, German miete, Old High German mīza; compare Gothic maitan to cut.]
1.
(Zoology) 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.
2.
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.
Two mites, which make a farthing.
3.
A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
4.
Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
For in effect they be not worth a myte.