MOSTWHAT
Most"what`, adv.
Defn: For the most part. [Obs.] "All the rest do mostwhat far amiss."
Spenser.
MOT Mot, v. [Sing. pres. ind. Mot, Mote, Moot (, pl. Mot, Mote, Moote, pres. subj. Mote; imp. Moste.] Etym: [See Must, v.] [Obs.]
Defn: 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, n. Etym: [F. See Motto.]
1. A word; hence, a motto; a device. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. Tarquin's eye may read the mot afar. Shak.
2. A pithy or witty saying; a witticism. [A Gallicism] Here and there turns up a … savage mot. N. Brit. Rev.
3. A note or brief strain on a bugle. Sir W. Scott.
MOTACIL
Mot"a*cil, n. Etym: [Cf. F. motacille.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any singing bird of the genus Motacilla; a wagtail.