dite

verb

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

   “His hideous club aloft he dites.”

noun

1. (Maine, US)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!””

   ““Set your calipers a dite bigger’n the hole so’s they’ll fit good and snug.””