Category:Mote

Mote, v.

Defn: See 1st Mot. [Obs.] Chaucer.

mote Mote, n. Etym: [See Moot, a meeting.] [Obs., except in a few combinations or phrases.]

1. A meeting of persons for discussion; as, a wardmote in the city of London.

2. A body of persons who meet for discussion, esp. about the management of affairs; as, a folkmote.

3. A place of meeting for discussion. Mote bell, the bell rung to summon to a mote. [Obs.]

mote Mote, n.

Defn: The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See Mot, n., 3, and Mort. Chaucer.

mote Mote, n. Etym: [OE. mot, AS. mot.]

Defn: A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck. The little motes in the sun do ever stir, though there be no wind. Bacon. We are motes in the midst of generations. Landor.

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Mote - (Gr. karphos, something dry, hence a particle of wood or chaff, etc.). A slight moral defect is likened to a mote (Matthew 7:3; Luke 6:41, Luke 6:42).