Mote

v.	1.	See 1st Mot.
n.	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.
	1.	The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See Mot, n., 3, and Mort.
	1.	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.

Noun

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mote - (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything Synonyms: corpuscle, particle, speck, molecule, atom

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