Definition for MOTE

MOTE, n.2 [Sax. mot; Sp. mota, W. ysmot, a patch or spot.]

A small particle; any thing proverbially small; a spot. Why beholdest thou the mote in thy brother's eye? Matth. vii. The little motes in the sun do ever stir, though there is no wind. Bacon.

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