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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jot \Jot\, noun [L. iota, Gr. 'iw^ta the name of the letter [iota] (E. i, Heb. y[=o]d), the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet. Cf. {Iota}.] An iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle. Cf. {Bit}, n.
Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. --Matt. v. 18.
Neither will they bate One jot of ceremony. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jot \Jot\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Jotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jotting}.] To set down; to make a brief note of; -- usually followed by down.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
jot
noun
1: a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note [syn: {jotting}]
2: a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" [syn: {touch}, {hint}, {tinge}, {mite}, {pinch}, {speck}, {soupcon}]
verb: write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of [syn: {jot down}] [also: {jotting}, {jotted}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
167 Moby Thesaurus words for "jot": ace, atom, birthmark, bit, blaze, blemish, blotch, book, brand, calendar, carve, caste mark, catalog, chalk, chalk up, check, check in, checkmark, chronicle, cicatrix, crumb, cut, dab, dapple, discoloration, docket, dole, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, drop, droplet, dwarf, earmark, engrave, engraving, enroll, enscroll, enter, farthing, file, fill out, fleck, flick, flyspeck, fragment, freckle, gash, gnat, gobbet, grain, granule, grave, graving, groat, hack, hair, handful, impanel, incise, index, inscribe, insert, iota, jot down, lentigo, list, little, little bit, log, lota, macula, make a memorandum, make a note, make an entry, make out, mark, mark down, marking, matriculate, microbe, microorganism, midge, minim, minimum, minute, minutia, minutiae, mite, modicum, mole, molecule, mote, mottle, nevus, nick, notch, note, note down, nutshell, ounce, particle, patch, pebble, pinch, pinhead, pinpoint, pittance, place upon record, point, polka dot, poll, post, post up, prick, puncture, put down, put in writing, put on paper, put on tape, record, reduce to writing, register, scar, scarification, score, scotch, scrap, scratch, scratching, scruple, set down, smidgen, smitch, snip, snippet, speck, speckle, splash, splotch, spoonful, spot, stain, stigma, strawberry mark, tabulate, take down, tape, tape-record, tattoo, tattoo mark, thimbleful, tick, tiny bit, tittle, trifling amount, trivia, vanishing point, videotape, watermark, whit, write, write down, write in, write out, write up
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Jot or Iota, the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet, used metaphorically or proverbially for the smallest thing (Matt. 5:18); or it may be = yod, which is the smallest of the Hebrew letters.
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