*moulder*

{ } 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 ]

{ etc. } See Mold, Molder, Moldy, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. See Smolder. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } 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 ]