A blast on a horn; a single note on a hunting horn, various numbers of such blasts indicating the start of the hunt, the sighting of the quarry, etc.
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(a) A natural or man-made mound; hill; ?also, an island [last quot.]; castel mote, mound or hill on which a castle is built; (b) a castle, dwelling; in mote, among men; (c) a city.
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