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1. mē̆ten v.(1)

95 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To measure (sb. or sth., a distance, a quantity); ppl. fiftene times meting, being measured 15 times, i.e., if its length is multiplied by 15; (b) to take measurements, take a measurement……

2. mọ̄d n.

276 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Mind as opposed to body; also, translating L animus, mens: mind as that constituent of the soul possessing the faculties of knowing, understanding, etc.; mid mod, in the mind or heart……

3. mōt n.(1)

45 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A speck, particle, bit of dirt or foreign matter; an impurity in drink; pl. dust; melten to mot, to be reduced to dust; motes in the sonne (bem, mot in the sonne, motes in somertide, dust visible……

4. mōt n.(2)

16 quotations in 1 sense
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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. …

5. mọ̄t n.(3)

64 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A meeting; an assembly, especially for legal purposes or for settling accounts, a judicial council; also fig.; the aueful (muchel) mot, the Last Judgment; (b) folkes mot [see folk 2. (e)]; mot……

6. mōte n.(1)

37 quotations in 2 senses
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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. …

7. mōte n.(2)

7 quotations in 1 sense
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Astron. mene mote (motus) [see mene adj. (2) 6.]; verrei mote (motus), a point or angle showing the position of the center of an epicycle, and derived by correcting the mean motus by the equation of……

8. mọ̄ten v.(2)

689 quotations in 21 senses
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To be allowed, be permitted, may: (a) present forms with pr. or fut. meaning; (b) in negative clauses; (c) past forms with past meaning [cp. sense 6.]; (d) in neg. clauses. …

9. mọ̄ten v.(3)

59 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To speak, talk; say (sth.); complain, argue; (b) moten an-uppen, ?to find fault with (sb.), complain about, abuse verbally; moten ayen(es, complain about (sth.), deny or dispute (sth.); struggle……

10. mọ̄t-halle n.

Additional spellings: mothalle
25 quotations in 1 sense
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A hall used as administrative headquarters or for the administration of justice; town or city hall; court of law, courtroom; council chamber; maken the mot-halle, to hold court. …

11. mōthe-wōk(e adj.

Additional spellings: mothewok, mothe-woke, mothewoke
2 quotations in 1 sense
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Moderately soft. …

12. motī n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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An earth (perh. similar to ochre) used as a pigment; ?a pigment which, when applied, has a speckled or spotted appearance. …

13. terre-mote n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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An earthquake. …

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