/moyt/ , n.
1. a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
v.t.
2. to remove moits from (wool).
Also, mote .
[ 1860-65; orig. sp. var. (N England) of MOTE 1 , with silent -i-, which served only to mark the o long; but by sp. pron. -oi- now has its usual value ]