▪ I. motty, n. dial.
(ˈmɒtɪ)
[Cf. mot3.]
= mot3.
| a 1800 Pegge Suppl. to Grose (1814) 389 Motty, the mark at which the quoits (or coits) are thrown. Derb. |
▪ II. motty, a. Sc.
(ˈmɒtɪ)
Also mottie.
[f. mot, Sc. pronunciation of mote n.1 + -y. Cf. motey.]
Containing motes.
| 1599 A. Hume Day Estivall 53 The subtile mottie rayons light. 1725 Ramsay Gentle Sheph. v. ii. Prol., The rising sun shines motty through the reek. 1785 Burns Vision i. iv, All in this mottie, misty clime. 1865 Alex. Smith Summer in Skye (1880) 331 Where the motty sunbeam from the pane..struck him. |