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[moht] Pronunciation Key
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[moht] Pronunciation Key [Origin: bef. 1000; ME, OE mot speck; c. D mot grit, sawdust, Norw mutt speck]
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motey, adjective
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| mote 1
(mōt) Pronunciation Key
n. A very small particle; a speck: "Dust motes hung in a slant of sunlight" (Anne Tyler). [Middle English mot, from Old English.] |
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| mote 2
(mōt) Pronunciation Key
aux.v. Archaic May; might. [Middle English moten, from Old English mōtan; see med- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mote
mote
"particle of dust," O.E. mot, of unknown origin; perhaps related to Du. mot "dust from turf, sawdust, grit." Many references are to Matt. vii.3.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| mote | |
noun | |
| (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn: atom] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Mote
Mote\, v. See 1st Mot. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Mote
Mote\, n. [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.]
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Mote\, n. The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See Mot, n., 3, and Mort. --Chaucer.
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Mote\, n. [OE. mot, AS. mot.] 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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Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Mote
(Gr. karphos, something dry, hence a particle of wood or chaff, etc.). A slight moral defect is likened to a mote (Matt. 7:3-5; Luke 6:41, 42).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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