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A particle of dust, esp. one of the innumerable minute specks seen floating in a beam of light; (contextually) an irritating particle in the eye or…
A straw, rush, twig; a small piece of straw, a mote in the eye (with reference to Matthew vii. 3). Hence, a thing of little importance. Obsolete.