6 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Molt \Molt\, Moult \Moult\, v. t.
To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like to shed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Molt \Molt\, Moult \Moult\, n.
The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin,
etc.; molting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Molt \Molt\, obs.
imp. of {Melt}. --Chaucer. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Molt \Molt\, Moult \Moult\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Molted} or
{Moulted}; p. pr & vb n. {Molting} or {Moulting}.] [OE.
mouten, L. mutare. See {Mew} to molt, and cf {Mute}, v. t.]
[The prevalent spelling is perhaps, {moult}; but as the {u}
has not been inserted in the otherwords of this class, as
bolt, colt, dolt, etc., it is desirable to complete the
analogy by the spelling {molt}.]
To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like
as an animal or a bird. --Bacon.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
molt
n : periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer
skin in reptiles [syn: {molting}, {moult}, {moulting}, {ecdysis}]
v : cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; of animals [syn: {shed},
{exuviate}, {moult}, {slough}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Molt, MT
Zip code(s): 59057
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