mote knifen. now rare (perh. obsolete) (in a carding machine) a knife for removing motes from textile fibres.
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1896 W. S. TaggartCotton Spinning I. 132 The cotton is no sooner taken from the feed than it is carried past one or two bars C and D with sharp edges, known as mote knives.