1. \Mote\, v.
   See 1st {Mot}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
   

2. \Mote\, n. [See {Moot}, a meeting.] [Obs., except in a few
   combinations or phrases.]
   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. [Obs.]
   

3. \Mote\, n.
   The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See {Mot}, n.,
   3, and {Mort}. --Chaucer.
   

4. \Mote\, n. [OE. mot, AS. mot.]
   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.
   

(Gr. karphos, something dry, hence a particle of wood or chaff, etc.). A slight moral defect is likened to a mote (Matt. 7:3-5; Luke 6:41, 42).