n. [ AS. mīte mite (in sense 1); akin to LG. mite, D. mijt, G. miete, OHG. mīza; cf. Goth. maitan to cut. ]
Two mites, which make a farthing. Mark xii. 49. [ 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.
n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus
False miterwort,
a. See Mythic. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. Mithraism.
prop. n. The ancient Persian religion which worshiped
prop. n. An adherent of Mithraism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]