Motes
plural of Mote
• -stome, Tomes, mesto, moste, o-stem, smote, tomes
motes
plural of mote
• -stome, Tomes, mesto, moste, o-stem, smote, tomes
Source: Wiktionary
Mote, v.
Definition: See 1st Mot. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mote, n. Etym: [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.]
Mote, n.
Definition: The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See Mot, n., 3, and Mort. Chaucer.
Mote, n. Etym: [OE. mot, AS. mot.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
