| • | Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil. |
| • | Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing substance; material. |
| • | To cover with mold or soil. |
| • | A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter. |
| • | To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon. |
| • | To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold. |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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. |
| • | Cast; form; shape; character. |
| • | 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. |
| • | A fontanel. |
| • | A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand. |
| • | To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion. |
| • | To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb. |
| • | To knead; as, to mold dough or bread. |
| • | To form a mold of, as in sand, in which a casting may be made. |
| • | Alt. of Mouldy |
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