mot

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A witty or incisive remark.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A note on the bugle, hunting-horn, or the like; also, a note in the musical notation for such instruments.
• noun A word; a motto.
• noun (F. pron. mō). A saying, especially a brief and forcible or witty saying; a bon-mot.
• noun An obsolete or dialectal form of moat.
• noun A mark for players at quoits.
• noun A small grove or clump of timber on a prairie, sometimes likened to an ‘island.’
• noun An ancient mechanical device used in India and other countries of the Orient for lifting water by animal power. It consists of a bucket or water-tight bag, raised by means of a rope fastened over a pulley, two bullocks or other animals being attached to the end of the rope.
• noun An obsolete form of mote.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun obsolete A word; hence, a motto; a device.
• noun A Gallicism A pithy or witty saying; a witticism.
• noun A note or brief strain on a bugle.
• verb May; must; might.
• verb so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals, as that of the Freemasons.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun slang, Ireland A girl, woman or girlfriend, particularly in the Dublin area.
• noun A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot.
• noun obsolete A word or a motto; a device.
• noun obsolete A note or brief strain on a bugle.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes
• noun a clever remark