BIT
NOUNS
1330 — CROT a particle, bit, atom, individual piece → obs.
1330 — SMIT a very small amount; a little bit; also, a very small thing
1340 — BAT a bit, a lump, a piece → obs.
1400 — CULPON a piece cut off, a cutting; a portion, a strip, a slice, a shred, a bit → obs.
1420 — TINE a bit, a very little space, time, or amount → obs.
1599 — HALFPENNY a small bit, fragment, or piece → obs.
..17C — JACK a tiny bit → US
.M17 — SNIPPET a bit
1654 — CUE a little, a little bit → obs.
1688 — BITTOCK a little bit, a small portion → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1706 — GABBOCK a bit of anything, a fragment; a mouthful, a morsel → Sc. obs.
1724 — GABBIT — GABBOT a bit of anything, a fragment; a mouthful, a morsel → Sc.
1766 — SMATTER a bit; a small amount
1768 — SPIT a little bit, hardly more than a mouthful → US
1808 — LAB a bit, a portion, a fragment → Sc.
1808 — NIMMIE a little bit, a morsel, a fragment → Sc.
1808 — NIMP a little bit, a morsel, a fragment → Sc.
1822.— SMITCH a tiny amount; a little bit → orig. Sc.
1825 — ABLACH a bit, a particle, a fragment → Sc.
1841 — SMIDGEN a bit; a small amount
1841 — SMITHEREEN a tiny fragment; a little bit
1843 — SMITE a tiny amount of something; a little bit
1845 — DOLL RAGS bits, small pieces → Amer. dial.
.M19 — WRINKLE a bit, a small amount → US sl.
1853 — LICK a bit, a small amount; the smallest amount of something → Amer. dial.
1856 — SMITCHEL a tiny amount; a little bit → US colloq.
1859 — SPURT a small amount; a bit → Amer. sl.
1860 — SCRID — SKRID a bit, a piece, a scrap → Amer. dial.
1864 — SMITHER a bit, a fragment → Amer. dial.
1865 — MALHAVELINS — MANABLINS — MANAROLINS — MANAVILINS — MANAVLINS bits and pieces; small matters; odds and ends; typically used of food or small change → sl.
1866 — SMIDGE a tiny amount of something; a little bit → colloq.
1867 — SCRIMPTION — SCRIMSHUN — SCRIPTION a bit, a scrap; a very small piece or quantity → Amer. dial.
1869 — WIBBET a wee bit, a little piece → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1882 — SCOW a bit, a fragment, pieces, smithereens, shattered particles → Sc.
1884 — GRAIN a bit, a whit → Amer. dial.
1884 — SCRANATION a small bit of anything → Eng. dial.
1892 — JAG a bit of anything → Eng. dial.
1892 — MENTION a little bit, a trifle → Sc.
1895 — DIDGEN — DIDJAN a very small bit of anything → Eng. dial.
..20C — WARA-WARA bits and pieces → W. Indies
1900 — GAIBLOCH a bit of anything; a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment → Sc. (Bk.)
1900 — GRINCH a bit, a small thing; a short distance → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — MILLIN a bit of anything; a crumb of bread; the least particle of solid food →Sc.
1902 — BABBYRAGGS small bits → Sc.
1904 — SCRIMPTOM — SKIMPTUM a bit, a scrap; a very small piece or quantity → Amer. dial.
1904 — WHOOP — WOOP a bit; a small amount → US sl.
1908 — NIDD a little bit or pinch of anything, as of bread, butter, etc., a tuft of hair, or the like → Sc.
1910 — NIM — NYM a small bit of anything → Ireland (Bk.)
1910 — NIMSH the slightest bit; a very small piece, a fragment → Sc.
1911 — BRASH broken bits, fragments, pieces → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — LITTLE MITE a bit → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1914 — DITE a bit, a few → Amer. dial.
1914 — SQUID a bit, a piece, a scrap; a lump → Amer. dial.
1915 — NIMPIE a little bit, a morsel, a fragment → Sc.
1919 — NIMSHIE the slightest bit, a very small piece, a fragment → Sc.
1919 — SCIMPTION — SKIMPTION a bit, a scrap; a very small piece or quantity →Amer. dial
1930 — TAKE a bit, a portion, an extract → US sl.
1940 — SKOSH a little bit → orig. US military usage
1941 — GROMMET a little bit, a small particle → Amer. dial.
1942 — BINDLE a bit; a small amount → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — BITTY-BIT a bit; a small amount → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — CANCH a bit; a small amount → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — DABLET a bit; a small amount → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — DIGHT a bit; a small amount → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — DRAB a bit; a small amount → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — GLIM a bit; a small amount → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — LICK AND A PROMISE a bit; a small amount → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — LICK AND A SMELL a bit; a small amount → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — LOOK a bit; a small amount → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — NOT ENOUGH TO DUST A FIDDLE a bit; a small amount → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SHIVER a bit; a small amount → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SINGSONG SUM a bit; a small amount → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SNACK a bit; a small amount → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SNIFF a bit; a small amount → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SNITCH a bit; a small amount → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SPURT a bit; a small amount → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SUSPICION a bit; a small amount → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TASTE a bit; a small amount → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TIDDY-BIT a bit; a small amount → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — WIDDY-BIT — WITTY-BIT a bit; a small amount → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1967 — CRACK a small quantity of something; a bit; something very small → Amer. dial.
1970 — SKOSH a tiny bit → US sl. (Bk.)
Lexicophilia 