Or mowts (Zephaniah 2:2) {motes}; from muwts; chaff (as pressed out, i.e. Winnowed or (rather) threshed loose) -- chaff.
see HEBREW muwts
H4671. mots
[מוֺץ], מֹץ noun masculineIsaiah 29:5 chaff (Talmud מוֺצָא ᵑ7, Arabic straw ); — ׳מ absolute Hosea 13:3 6t.; construct Isaiah 17:13; — chaff, always as driven by wind, and always with כְּ, in simile; of wicked Job 21:18 ("" לִפְנֵי תֶּבֶן רוּחַ), compare Psalm 1:4; 35:5; Hosea 13:8; of hostile nations Isaiah 17:13 (׳מ הָרִים), 29:5 ("" דַּךְ אָבָק); hyperb. of Judah's power, תָּשִׂים כַּמֹץ גְּבָעוֺת 41:16 ("" תָּדוּשׁ וְתָדֹק הָרִים); of passing time, יוֺם Zephaniah 2:2.
I, II. מוֺצָא, [מוֺצָאָה] see יצא.
I. מוּצָק, [מוּצֶ֫קֶת] see יצק.
II. מוּצָק see צוק.