English Dictionary: mouldered | by the DICT Development Group |
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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. |