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单词 motey
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moteyn.

Forms: Middle English mote, Middle English motey, Middle English moti, Middle English motyf (transmission error), Middle English–1500s moty.
Origin: Of uncertain origin.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps related to mote n.1
Obsolete.
An earth (perhaps similar to ochre) used as a pigment; (perhaps) a pigment which has a speckled or mottled appearance when applied.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > colouring matter > [noun] > pigments
yelloweOE
motey1353
arsenica1393
orpimentc1395
auripigmenta1398
ochre1440
pink1464
massicot1472
yellow ochre1482
orpine1548
painter's gold1591
spruce1668
giallolino1728
king's yellow1738
Naples yellow1738
stil de grain1769
yellow earth1794
queen's yellow1806
chromate1819
chrome yellow1819
Oxford ochre1827
Indian yellow1831
Italian pink1835
Montpellier yellow1835
Turner1835
quercitron lake1837
jaune brillant1851
zinc chromate1851
zinc sulphide1851
brush-gold1861
zooxanthin1868
Oxford chrome1875
aureolin1879
cadmium yellow1879
Cassel yellow1882
Neapolitan yellow1891
zinc chrome1892
Mars1899
jaune jonquille1910
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > specific pigments
motey1353
green earth1634
terre-verte1658
Terra Sienna1760
Siena1787
gamboge yellow1807
zinc white1847
zinc-powder1881
1353 in Pipe Roll 32 Edward III m.36 In xxx lb. de vermylone,..cxiiij lb. de moti.
1426–7 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 66 (MED) Also for vj dischis cole & xij lb. moty, x d.
1446–7 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 395 Et in empcione x dd. motey pro superornacione caminorum de le Almeshous : iijs. iiijd.
1510 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 199 Mastyke vernysch yelowe moty orpment vermylyon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

moteyadj.

Brit. /ˈməʊti/, U.S. /ˈmoʊdi/, Scottish English /ˈmotɪ/
Forms: 1800s– motey; English regional (northern) 1800s– moty (Cumberland), 1900s– moaty (Yorkshire); Scottish pre-1700 1700s– mottie, pre-1700 1700s– motty, 1700s– motie, 1800s moatie, 1800s– motey, 1900s– moaty, 1900s– mottey, 1900s– moty.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mote n.1, -y suffix1.
Etymology: < mote n.1 + -y suffix1.
Originally and chiefly Scottish.
1.
a. Full of tiny particles of dust or extraneous matter; (hence) full of specks, spotty. Formerly also (of bread): containing currants.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > spotted
spotty1340
specky1382
splecked1382
splecky1398
spotteda1425
sproteda1500
motey1786
bespotted-
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > environmental pollution > [adjective] > bad air > specific
smoky1398
mephitic1623
damp1637
mephitical1704
mephitized1794
moted1821
ozoneless1887
motey1893
1599 A. Hume Day Estivall 53 The subtile mottie rayons light.
?1635 in D. Dickson Sel. Pract. Writings (1845) (modernized text) 67 When all their enemies come about them like bees, thicker than the motty sun.
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd v. ii. 76 The rising Sun shines motty throw the Reek.
a1758 A. Ramsay Highland Lassie ii [Lasses] wha mak their cheeks with patches motie.
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 103 All in this mottie, misty clime.
1806 J. Hogg Poems 82 Motey bread right plenty.
1850 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. (ed. 2) vi. 76 The level sunbeams..fell at een or morn in long rules athwart the motty atmosphere within.
1865 A. Smith Summer in Skye (1880) 331 Where the motty sunbeam from the pane..struck him.
1893 R. Ford Harp 156 Like midges i' the motty sun.
1893 R. Bridges Winnowers in Shorter Poems v. 21 The sunbeams on the motey air Streamed through the open door.
1903 I. Wilkinson in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 171/2 [N. Yorkshire] This watter's varry moaty; throw it out.
1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. 54/1 Motty, full of small particles, as milk.
b. Scottish Proverb. motey salt's good enough for hairy butter: two dubious characters make a well-suited couple. Sc. National Dict. (1965) records the proverb as still in use in north-east Scotland in 1963.
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1916 Rymour Club Misc. II. 182 Moty saut's guid for hairy butter.
2. Of wool or other textile fibre: full of motes (mote n.1 2c). Cf. moity adj. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [adjective] > other
bagging1732
super-head1800
burly1805
felting1805
Tibet1827
pointy1844
motey1851
blue1884
shivey1884
shafty1891
lofty1909
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 490/1 Burry and motey wool, with the same cleaned from the burs and motes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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