dite
Pronunciations
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/daɪt/
Verb
To prepare for use or action; to make ready.
Usage- Obsolete
- Transitive
- Examples
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His hideous club aloft he dites.
Noun
A trifling quantity or amount.
Usage- Maine
- US usage
- Examples
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A “dite” is a Maine measurement, somewhere between a smidge and a bit.
More examples (1)
Two carpenters were moving a small building onto a new foundation, and one of them says, “Shove it my way a dite!” The other shoved, but shoved a little too hard. “Nope — too much! I said a dite!”
“Set your calipers a dite bigger’n the hole so’s they’ll fit good and snug.”
Word forms
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