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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

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.]

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

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