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dite
/daɪt/
verb 1noun 1
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3ADJ.
bigger, other
VERB + DITE
said
DITE + NOUN
maine, n
Definitions
verb
1
To prepare for use or action; to make ready.
His hideous club aloft he dites.
noun
1
A trifling quantity or amount.
A “dite” is a Maine measurement, somewhere between a smidge and a bit.
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!”
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His hideous club aloft he dites.
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A “dite” is a Maine measurement, somewhere between a smidge and a bit.
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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!”
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“Set your calipers a dite bigger’n the hole so’s they’ll fit good and snug.”
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