MOTE
Mote, n. Etym: [OE. mot, AS. mot.]
Defn: 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.
MOTED
Mot"ed, a.
Defn: Filled with motes, or fine floating dust; as, the air. "Moted sunbeams." Tennyson.
MOTET Mo*tet", n. Etym: [F., a dim. of mot word; cf. It. mottetto, dim. of motto word, device. See Mot, Motto.] (Mus.)
Defn: A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.
MOTH
Moth (môth), n.
Defn: A mote. [Obs.] Shak.
MOTH
Moth, n.; pl. Moths (môthz). Etym: [OE. mothe, AS. moedhedhe; akin to
D. mot, G. motte, Icel. motti, and prob. to E. mad an earthworm. Cf.
Mad, n., Mawk.]
1. (Zoöl.)