Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing motes; abounding in motes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Filled with motes, or fine floating dust.
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- adjective Filled with
motes , or fine floating dust.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Well, master took 'is motor-car, an' moted 'ere an' there,
Songs of Action Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1898
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Well, master took 'is motor-car, an' moted 'ere an' there,
Songs Of Action Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1898
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Well, master took 'is motor-car, an' moted 'ere an' there,
Songs of Action Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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Halman's only advantage after being 'moted' was the home ballpark where routine fly balls to right field are doubles and homers.
Prospect Insider 2008
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In the heady days when Hamish had been pro\expndtw2 moted to sergeant before being demoted, Willie had been \expndtw-1 his police constable but had fallen in love with a relative of \expndtw6 the restaurant owner, had married her and had left the \expndtw-6 force. \cf0\expndtw0\par
Poem About Never Growing Up Ryan McDermott 2010
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There were an empty dynamite box and a half-dozen beer bottles moted with dust in one corner, and I remembered the seismograph company that had used the houseboat as a storage shack for their explosives two years ago.
The Convict and Other Stories James Lee Burke 2010
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A plane I could fly with a moted control, he says, breaking my reverie.
Hollywood Savage Kristin McCloy 2010
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A plane I could fly with a moted control, he says, breaking my reverie.
Hollywood Savage Kristin McCloy 2010
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Hogarth promoted native English artists, like himself, over imported continental talent.
Archive 2009-09-01 Hels 2009
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Hogarth promoted native English artists, like himself, over imported continental talent.
C18th Pleasure Gardens; fashions, food, drink, dancing, music Hels 2009
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