moit
[ moit ]
/ mɔɪt /
noun
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
verb (used with object)
to remove moits from (wool).
Words nearby moit
moist wart, moisten, moisture, moisturize, moisturizer, moit, moither, moity, mojarra, mojave, mojave desert
Also mote.
Origin of moit
1860–65; orig. spelling variant (N England) of mote1, with silent -i-, which served only to mark the o long; but by spelling pronunciation -oi- now has its usual value
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