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English Dictionary: moult by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moult
n
  1. periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
    Synonym(s): molt, molting, moult, moulting, ecdysis
v
  1. cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring"
    Synonym(s): shed, molt, exuviate, moult, slough
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 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]:
   Moult \Moult\ (m[omac]lt), v. & n.
      See {Molt}.
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