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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.
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