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n. A disk of bone, wood, or other material, which is made into a button by covering it with cloth. [ Written also buttonmould. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Fossil buttonmolds, joints of encrinites. See Encrinite. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } (Med.) An old name for the condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over each other at the sutures. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } (Arch.) A projecting molding over the head of an arch, forming the outermost member of the archivolt; -- called also hood mold. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. To mold into shape, or form. [ Obs. ] G. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Obs. ] See Gimmal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Mole a spot. ] A spot; a blemish; a mole. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. molde, AS. molde; akin to D. mul, G. mull, mulm, OHG. molt, molta, Icel. mold, Dan. muld, Sw. mull, Goth. mulda, and E. meal flour. See Meal, and cf. Mole an animal, Mull, v. ] [ The prevalent spelling is, perhaps, mould; but as the u has not been inserted in the other words of this class, as bold, gold, old, cold, etc., it seems desirable to complete the analogy by dropping it from this word, thus spelling it as Spenser, South, and many others did. The omission of the u is now very common in America. ] 1. Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing substance; material. [ 1913 Webster ]

The etherial mold,
Incapable of stain. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nature formed me of her softest mold. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Molded or Moulded; p. pr. & vb. n. Molding or Moulding. ] To cover with mold or soil. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ From the p. p. of OE. moulen to become moldy, to rot, prob. fr. Icel. mygla to grow musty, mugga mugginess; cf. Sw. mögla to grow moldy. See Muggy, and cf. Moldy. ] (Bot.) A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common blue mold of cheese, the brick-red cheese mold, and the scarlet or orange strata which grow on tubers or roots stored up for use, when commencing to decay, are familiar examples. M. J. Berkley. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. i. To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. molde, OF. mole, F. moule, fr. L. modulus. See Model. ] [ For spelling, see 2d Mold, above. ] 1. The matrix, or cavity, in which anything is shaped, and from which it takes its form; also, the body or mass containing the cavity; as, a sand mold; a jelly mold. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That on which, or in accordance with which, anything is modeled or formed; anything which serves to regulate the size, form, etc., as the pattern or templet used by a shipbuilder, carpenter, or mason. [ 1913 Webster ]

The glass of fashion and the mold of form. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Cast; form; shape; character. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crowned with an architrave of antique mold. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Arch.) A group of moldings; as, the arch mold of a porch or doorway; the pier mold of a Gothic pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Anat.) A fontanel. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Paper Making) A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. [ Cf. F. mouler, OF. moler, moller. See Mold the matrix. ] 1. To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion. [ 1913 Webster ]

He forgeth and moldeth metals. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay
To mold me man? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To knead; as, to mold dough or bread. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Founding) To form a mold of, as in sand, in which a casting may be made. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Capable of being molded or formed. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. 1. A curved plate of iron (originally of wood) back of the share of a plow, which turns over the earth in plowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Founding) A follow board. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. One who, or that which, molds or forms into shape; specifically (Founding), one skilled in the art of making molds for castings. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Moldered r Mouldered; p. pr. & vb. n. Moldering or Mouldering. ] [ From Mold fine soft earth: cf. Prov. G. multern. ] To crumble into small particles; to turn to dust by natural decay; to lose form, or waste away, by a gradual separation of the component particles, without the presence of water; to crumble away. [ 1913 Webster ]

The moldering of earth in frosts and sun. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

When statues molder, and when arches fall. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

If he had sat still, the enemy's army would have moldered to nothing. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. To turn to dust; to cause to crumble; to cause to waste away. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Time's ] gradual touch
Has moldered into beauty many a tower. Mason. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Covered or filled with mold; consisting of, or resembling, mold. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ From Moldy. ] The state of being moldy. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. 1. The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal, or sculptures. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- mold, mould, molding, modeling, clay sculpture. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface. Moldings vary greatly in pattern, and are generally used in groups, the different members of each group projecting or retreating, one beyond another. See Cable, n., 3, and Crenelated molding, under Crenelate, v. t. [ wns=2 ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Especially: a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing. [ wns=3 ]
Syn. -- moolding. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

5. a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied. [ wns=5 ]
Syn. -- modeling, moulding. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } p. a. Used in making a mold or moldings; used in shaping anything according to a pattern. [ 1913 Webster ]

Molding board or
Moulding board. (a) See Follow board, under Follow, v. t. (b) A board on which bread or pastry is kneaded and shaped. --
Molding machine or
Moulding machine. (a) (Woodworking) A planing machine for making moldings. (b) (Founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings. --
Molding mill or
Moulding mill, a mill for shaping timber. --
Molding sand or
Moulding sand (Founding), a kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. moldwerp: AS. molde soil + weorpan to throw up; cf. OD. molworp, G. maulwurf, Icel. moldvarpa, Dan. muldvarp. See Mold soil, Warp, and cf. Mole the animal. ] (Zool.) See Mole the animal. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Compar. Moldier r Mouldier; superl. Moldiest or Mouldiest. ] [ From Mold the growth of fungi. ] Overgrown with, or containing, mold; smelling of mold; as, moldy cheese or bread. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Arch.) A small convex molding surrounding a column at the junction of the shaft and capital. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. To mold or shape anew or again; to reshape. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An unusual fungus-like protist of the phylum Myxomycota or the class Myxomycetes, having a stage of growth in which it comprises a naked noncellular multinucleate mass of creeping protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animals; it also has a propagative phase in which it develops fruiting bodies bearing spores; it is sometimes classified as a protist. It is called also acellular slime mold. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. Any of several remarkable amoebalike organisms of the phylum Acrasiomycota, mostly terrestrial, having a fruiting phase resembling that of the acellular slime molds, but being cellular and nucleate throughout their life cycle; called also cellular slime mold. The most studied species is Dictyostelium discoideum. In their feeding phase, they live like amoebae as individual cells, engulfing bacteria as a prime food source. When the food source diminishes, they begin to aggregate, swarming together to form clumps which may move toward heat and light, so as to reach the surface of the ground; they then differentiate into a form with spores contained within a sporangium resting on a stalk. When the spores are carried to another location with adequate food supplies, the spores may germinate to resume the life cycle. The phase of aggregation appears to be initiated by release of cyclic AMP, serving as a signal between the individual cells. The formation of the fruiting body has some similarities to differentiation in multicellular organisms, but the mechanisms are still under study. Some biologists object to the classification of Dictyostelium as a slime mold, as it is neither a mold nor slimy. [ PJC ]

{ } v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Smoldered r Smouldered; p. pr. & vb. n. Smoldering or Smouldering. ] [ OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. smölen, smelen, D. smeulen. Cf. Smell. ] 1. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The smoldering dust did round about him smoke. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [ Obs. ] Holinshed. Palsgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Smoke; smother. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The smolder stops our nose with stench. Gascoigne. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some evil chance
Will make the smoldering scandal break and blaze. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The state of smoldering. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Smoldering; suffocating; smothery. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A flaming fire ymixt with smoldry smoke. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]