Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mote"

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)

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).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Moot \Moot\, n. [AS. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, a meeting; -- usually in
comp.] [Written also {mote}.]
1. A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting
of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon
times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of
common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot.
--J. R. Green.

2. [From {Moot}, v.] A discussion or debate; especially, a
discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice.

The pleading used in courts and chancery called
moots. --Sir T.
Elyot.

{Moot case}, a case or question to be mooted; a disputable
case; an unsettled question. --Dryden.

{Moot court}, a mock court, such as is held by students of
law for practicing the conduct of law cases.

{Moot point}, a point or question to be debated; a doubtful
question.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Mote \Mote\, v.
See 1st {Mot}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

He moot as well say one word as another --Chaucer.

The wordes mote be cousin to the deed. --Chaucer.

Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore
freres. --Chaucer.

{So mote it be}, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals,
as that of the Freemasons.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Mote \Mote\, n.
The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See {Mot}, n.,
3, and {Mort}. --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Mote \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

mote
n : (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn: {atom},
{molecule}, {particle}, {speck}]


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