mot
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- a clever remarkSynonyms: bon mot
- a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumesSynonyms: MOTMOT testMinistry of Transportation test
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Mot \Mot\ (m[o^]t; m[-o], def. 2), n. [F. See Motto.]
1.A word; hence, a motto; a device. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
Tarquin's eye may read the mot afar.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
2.A pithy or witty saying; a witticism. [A Gallicism] [1913 Webster]
Here and there turns up a . . . savage mot.— N. Brit. Rev.[1913 Webster]
3.A note or brief strain on a bugle. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Mot \Mot\ (m[=o]t), v. [Sing. pres. ind. Mot, Mote, Moot (m[=o]t), pl. Mot, Mote, Moote, pres. subj. Mote; imp. Moste.] [See Must, v.] [Obs.] May; must; might. [1913 Webster]
He moot as well say one word as another --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
The wordes mote be cousin to the deed. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore freres. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
So mote it be, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals, as that of the Freemasons. [1913 Webster]