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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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]: 
 
  molting 
  n  :  periodic  shedding  of  the  cuticle  in  arthropods  or  the  outer 
  skin  in  reptiles  [syn:  {molt},  {moult},  {moulting},  {ecdysis}] 




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