noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A trifling quantity or amount. Maine, US

   "A “dite” is a Maine measurement, somewhere between a smidge and a bit."

Verb

1. 1
   To prepare for use or action; to make ready. obsolete, transitive

   "His hideous club aloft he dites."

Example

More examples

"His hideous club aloft he dites."

Etymology

Etymology 1

See dight.

Etymology 2

Variant of doit.

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