Section M, N, and O

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

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.

Mot"ed (?), a. Filled with motes,
or fine floating dust; as, the air. "Moted sunbeams."
Tennyson.

Mo*tet" (?), n. [F., a dim. of
mot word; cf.

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