Mould

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To cover with mold or soil.

II. Mould ·noun Cast; form; shape; character.

III. Mould ·noun A Fontanel.

IV. Mould ·- ·Alt. of Mouldy.

V. Mould ·vt To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.

VI. Mould ·vt To Knead; as, to mold dough or bread.

VII. Mould ·vt To form a mold of, as in sand, in which a casting may be made.

VIII. Mould ·vi To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.

IX. Mould ·vt To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb.

X. Mould ·v Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing substance; material.

XI. Mould ·noun A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand.

XII. Mould ·vt To form into a particular shape; to Shape; to Model; to Fashion.

XIII. Mould ·v Crumbling, soft, friable earth; ·esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

XIV. Mould ·noun A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, ·esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter.

XV. Mould ·noun 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.

XVI. Mould ·noun 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.

XVII. Mould ·noun 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.

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