Found 2 items, similar to Mote.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mote
mote
n : (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn:
atom,
molecule,
particle,
corpuscle,
speck]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mote
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.
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2. A body of persons who meet for discussion, esp. about the
management of affairs; as, a folkmote.
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3. A place of meeting for discussion.
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Mote bell, the bell rung to summon to a mote. [Obs.]
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Mot
\Mot\ (m[=o]t), v. [Sing. pres. ind.
Mot,
Mote,
Moot
(m[=o]t), pl.
Mot,
Mote,
Moote, pres. subj.
Mote;
imp.
Moste.] [See
Must, v.] [Obs.]
May; must; might.
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He moot as well say one word as another --Chaucer.
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The wordes mote be cousin to the deed. --Chaucer.
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Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore
freres. --Chaucer.
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So mote it be, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals,
as that of the Freemasons.
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Mot
\Mot\ (m[=o]t), v. [Sing. pres. ind.
Mot,
Mote,
Moot
(m[=o]t), pl.
Mot,
Mote,
Moote, pres. subj.
Mote;
imp.
Moste.] [See
Must, v.] [Obs.]
May; must; might.
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He moot as well say one word as another --Chaucer.
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The wordes mote be cousin to the deed. --Chaucer.
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Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore
freres. --Chaucer.
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So mote it be, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals,
as that of the Freemasons.
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Mot
\Mot\ (m[=o]t), v. [Sing. pres. ind.
Mot,
Mote,
Moot
(m[=o]t), pl.
Mot,
Mote,
Moote, pres. subj.
Mote;
imp.
Moste.] [See
Must, v.] [Obs.]
May; must; might.
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He moot as well say one word as another --Chaucer.
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The wordes mote be cousin to the deed. --Chaucer.
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Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore
freres. --Chaucer.
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So mote it be, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals,
as that of the Freemasons.
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Mote
\Mote\, n.
The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See
Mot, n.,
3, and
Mort. --Chaucer.
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Mote
\Mote\, n. [OE. mot, AS. mot.]
A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially
small; a speck.
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The little motes in the sun do ever stir, though there
be no wind. --Bacon.
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We are motes in the midst of generations. --Landor.
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