MOTES

Proper noun

Motes

plural of Mote

Anagrams

• -stome, Tomes, mesto, moste, o-stem, smote, tomes

Noun

motes

plural of mote

Anagrams

• -stome, Tomes, mesto, moste, o-stem, smote, tomes

Source: Wiktionary


MOTE

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



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