Mote, n. [OE. mot, AS. mot.] A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck.
The little motes in the sun do ever stir, though there be no wind. Bacon.
We are motes in the midst of generations. Landor.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.