What does "mot" mean?

Mot: A word; hence, a motto; a device. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. Tarquin's eye may read the mot afar. Shak.

Additional senses

  1. 2.A pithy or witty saying; a witticism. [A Gallicism] Here and there turns up a ... savage mot. N. Brit. Rev.
  2. 3.A note or brief strain on a bugle. Sir W. Scott.

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