n. An obsolete form of mote.n. A word; a motto.n. (F. pron. mō). A saying, especially a brief and forcible or witty saying; a bon-mot.n. A note on the bugle, hunting-horn, or the like; also, a note in the musical notation for such instruments.n. An obsolete or dialectal form of moat.n. A mark for players at quoits.n. A small grove or clump of timber on a prairie, sometimes likened to an ‘island.’n. An ancient mechanical device used in India and other countries of the Orient for lifting water by animal power. It consists of a bucket or water-tight bag, raised by means of a rope fastened over a pulley, two bullocks or other animals being attached to the end of the rope.