motest

[ME., The residue is the mene mote for the same day and the same houre. Chaucer , Astrolabe, ii. 44. mote-bellt (mōt'bel), n. A bell used to summon people to a moot or court. moted (mo'ted), a . [ motel +-ed2.] Contain ing motes; abounding in motes. And the old swallow-haunted barns - Brown-gabled, long, and full of seams Through which the moted sunlight streams. Whittier, Witch's Daughter. motele (mot'les), a. [ moteles ; +-le .] 1. Free of motes. In this motele air were placed test-tubes. The American , IV. 298. 2. Spotle ; without blemish. That moteles meyny may neuer rem we, Fro that maskelez mayster neuer-the-les. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), i. 898. IMG:content-0990.png:[blocks in formation] Bee-hawk moth. See bee - hawk. - Buffalo moth, a popular misnomer of the dermestid beetle Anthrenus scrophu lariæ, derived from the brown hairy humped larva. See cuts under Anthrenus and carpet - beetle. - Death's-head, deltoid, emperor, harlequin moth. See the qualifying words.- Grape-berry moth. See grapel. - Hebrew character moth. See Hebrew. - Honeycomb moth. See honeycomb.