mot /ˈmo/
警句
Mot v. [Sing. pres. ind. Mot, Mote, Moot pl. Mot, Mote, Moote, pres. subj. Mote; imp. Moste.] [Obs.] 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 n.
1. A word; hence, a motto; a device. [Obs.]
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.
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mot
n 1: a clever remark [syn: bon mot]
2: a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety
and exhaust fumes [syn: MOT test, Ministry of
Transportation test]