mot

A witty or incisive remark.

A note on the bugle, hunting-horn, or the like; also, a note in the musical notation for such instruments.

A word; a motto.

(F. pron. mō). A saying, especially a brief and forcible or witty saying; a bon-mot.

An obsolete or dialectal form of moat.

A mark for players at quoits.

A small grove or clump of timber on a prairie, sometimes likened to an ‘island.’

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.

An obsolete form of mote.

A word; hence, a motto; a device.