Mote (?), v.
See 1st Mot.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
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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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