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Motte (?), n. [Cf. F. motte a
clod, clump, or hillock.] A clump of trees in a prairie.
[Local, U.S.]

Mot"tle (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Mottled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Mottling (?).] [From Mottled.] To mark with spots
of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to
maculate.

Mot"tle, n. A mottled
appearance.

Mot"tled (?), a. [From Motley.]
Marked with spots of different colors; variegated; spotted; as,
mottled wood. "The mottled meadows."
Drayton.

Mot"to (?), n.; pl.
Mottoes (#). [It. motto a word, a saying, L.
muttum a mutter, a grunt, cf. muttire, mutire,
to mutter, mumble; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. Mot a
word.] 1. (Her.) A sentence, phrase, or
word, forming part of an heraldic achievment.


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