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▪ I. † ˈmotey, n. Obs.
? Some pigment.
1426–7Rec. St. Mary at Hill (1905) 66 Also for vj dischis cole & xij lb moty..x d. 1446–7in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 395 Et in empcione .x. dd motey pro superornacione caminorum..iijs. 1510Ibid. II. 199 Mastyke vernysch yelowe moty orpment vermylyon.
▪ II. motey, a.|ˈməʊtɪ|
Also 8 motie, 9 moatie, moity.
[f. mote n.1 + -y. Cf. motty.]
1. Full of tiny particles; full of specks, spotty.
a1758Ramsay Highland Lassie ii, [Lasses] wha mak their cheeks with patches motie. 1893R. Bridges Shorter Poems v. Winnowers 21 The sunbeams on the motey air Streamed through the open door.
2. Of wool: Full of small hard pieces.
1851[see mote n.1]. 1878Yorkshireman Aug. 93 (E.D.D.) A splendid lot [of wool].., not moity, and free from burr. |