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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Molder \Mold"er\, Moulder \Mould"er\, v. t.
To turn to dust; to cause to crumble; to cause to waste away
[Time's] gradual touch Has moldered into beauty many a
tower. --Mason.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Molder \Mold"er\, Moulder \Mould"er\, n.
One who or that which molds or forms into shape;
specifically (Founding), one skilled in the art of making
molds for castings.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Molder \Mold"er\, Moulder \Mould"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Moldered}or {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
The moldering of earth in frosts and sun. --Bacon.
When statues molder, and when arches fall. --Prior.
If he had sat still the enemy's army would have
moldered to nothing. --Clarendon.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
molder
v : break down "The bodies decomposed in the heat" [syn: {decompose},
{rot}, {moulder}]
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