mot /ˈmo/
 警句
 Mot v. [Sing. pres. ind. Mot, Mote, Moot pl. Mot, Mote, Moote, pres. subj. Mote; imp. Moste.]  [Obs.] May; must; might.
    He moot as well say one word as another   --Chaucer.
    The wordes mote be cousin to the deed.   --Chaucer.
    Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore freres.   --Chaucer.
 So mote it be, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals, as that of the Freemasons.
 Mot n.
 1. A word; hence, a motto; a device. [Obs.]
    Tarquin's eye may read the mot afar.   --Shak.
 2. A pithy or witty saying; a witticism. [A Gallicism]
    Here and there turns up a . . . savage mot.   --N. Brit. Rev.
 3. A note or brief strain on a bugle.
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 mot
      n 1: a clever remark [syn: bon mot]
      2: a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety
         and exhaust fumes [syn: MOT test, Ministry of
         Transportation test]