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ˈmoot-hill Antiq.
Also 7 Sc. mute-.
[f. moot n.1 + hill n.
Often confused with mote-hill; but there seems to be no reason for doubting that both words are genuine.]
A hill on which ‘moots’ or assemblies were held.
1609Skene Reg. Maj. i. 1 King Malcolme..reserved na thing in propertie to himselfe, bot..the Mute-hill, in the Towne of Scone. 1827Archæologia (1829) XXII. 200 Moot⁓hills were first raised for such purposes as Churches were considered unfit for. 1874Green Short Hist. i. §2. 12 Each little village-commonwealth..had its moot hill or sacred tree as a centre. 1902W. S. Crockett Scott Country vii. 123 The Scottish motes have been generally confounded with moot-hills or meeting places, and their military character has even been altogether denied. |