dit, dite

[A shortened form of ditty (q. v.).] 1. A word, a saying. "Which dite Paul seemeth to have taken out of the prophecies of Daniel."- Philpot : Works, p. 338. ( Davies .) 2. A ditty, a poem. "No bird but did her shrill notes sweetly sing; No song but did contain a lovely dite ." Spenser: F. Q. , II. vi. 13. 3. A crying, a shout. "The dit and the dyn was dole to behold." Destruction of Troy, 8,680. *dit, *dit-ten, *dut-ten, *dut-en, *dytte, v . t . [A. S. dyttan ; Icel. ditt a .] 1. To shut, to close. "The dor drawen and dit with a derf haspe." Gawaine , 1,233. 2. To stop or close up. "Your brains grow low, your bellies swell up high, Foul sluggish fat dits up your dulled eye.' More: Cupid's Conflict (1647).