MOTE, in folkmote, etc. signifies a meeting. MOTE, noun A small particle; any thing proverbially small; a spot. Why beholdest thou the mote in thy brother's eye? Matthew 7:3. The little motes in the sun do ever stir, though there is no wind. MOTE, for mought, might or must, obsolete.
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