mite

noun6

1. •
   Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acari (syn. Acarina).
2. •
   (informal) A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal.

   • Today's children at Christmas-time take a cast-off toy to the Toy Service held in many churches, and it is a pretty sight to watch those tiny mites clutching their toys and parting from them.j — 1971
3. •
   Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.

   • "Well," I says, "I cal'late a body could get used to Tophet if he stayed there long enough." She flared up; the least mite of a slam at Doctor Wool was enough to set her going. — 1913
4. •
   A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.

   • One mite wrung from the lab'rer's hands Shall buy and sell the miser's lands — 1803
5. •
   A lepton, a small coin used in Judea in the time of Christ.
6. •
   A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.