MOTE

v. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

See 1st Mot. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2.
n.

A meeting of persons for discussion; as, a wardmote in the city of London.

3.
n.

A body of persons who meet for discussion, esp. about the management of affairs; as, a folkmote.

4.
n.

A place of meeting for discussion. Mote bell, the bell rung to summon to a mote. [Obs.]

5.
n.

The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See Mot, n., 3, and Mort. Chaucer.

6.
n.

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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