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▪ I. moit dial. and Austral.|mɔɪt|
[var. mote n.1]
A particle of wood, stick, or some other substance caught in the wool of a sheep. Hence ˈmoiting vbl. n. (see quot. 1862), ˈmoity a.
1862C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds 359 Moiting, a process in the manufacture of cloth, by which the wool, subsequent to being scoured..and preparatory to its passing through the ‘willey’, is cleansed from ‘moits’ or shivs. 1878Yorkshireman 17 Aug. 97/2 I've a splendid lot [of wool] in just now—..not moity, and free from burr. 1878‘R. Boldrewood’ Ups & Downs viii. 83 The ‘heavy and moity’ parcels were not touched by the cautious operators at any price. 1903Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 144/2 T'sliver's full o' moits an' as rough as a bear's back. 1945Baker Austral. Lang. iii. 67 Many terms used by Australian wool-traders come from old English dialect, including..moits, short pieces of stick and scrub, principally found in neck wool. 1959― Drum 127 Moity (of wool), carrying vegetable matter other than burr. 1965J. S. Gunn Terminol. Shearing Industry ii. 4 Moit(s), pieces of stick and rubbish matted in wool, especially the neck wool.
▪ II. moit
obs. Sc. form of moat n.1, mote. |