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moit

[moit]
–noun
1. a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
–verb (used with object)
2. to remove moits from (wool).
Also, mote.


Origin:
1860–65; orig. sp. var. (N England) of mote 1 , with silent -i-, which served only to mark the o long; but by sp. pron. -oi- now has its usual value
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