mot /ˈmo/
  警句
  Mot v. [Sing. pres. ind. Mot, Mote, Moot pl. Mot, Mote, Moote, pres. subj. Mote; imp. Moste.]  [Obs.] May; must; might.
     He moot as well say one word as another   --Chaucer.
     The wordes mote be cousin to the deed.   --Chaucer.
     Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore freres.   --Chaucer.
  So mote it be, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals, as that of the Freemasons.
  Mot n.
  1. A word; hence, a motto; a device. [Obs.]
     Tarquin's eye may read the mot afar.   --Shak.
  2. A pithy or witty saying; a witticism. [A Gallicism]
     Here and there turns up a . . . savage mot.   --N. Brit. Rev.
  3. A note or brief strain on a bugle.
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  mot
       n 1: a clever remark [syn: bon mot]
       2: a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety
          and exhaust fumes [syn: MOT test, Ministry of
          Transportation test]