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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A body of persons who meet for discussion, esp. about the management of affairs; as, a folkmote. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A place of meeting for discussion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mote bell, the bell rung to summon to a mote. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. See 1st Mot. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. mot, AS. mot. ] A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck. [ 1913 Webster ]

The little motes in the sun do ever stir, though there be no wind. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are motes in the midst of generations. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See Mot, n., 3, and Mort. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Filled with motes, or fine floating dust; as, the air. “Moted sunbeams.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., a dim. of mot word; cf. It. mottetto, dim. of motto word, device. See Mot, Motto. ] (Mus.) A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem. [ 1913 Webster ]