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Moulder   /mˈoʊldər/   Listen
noun
Moulder, Molder  n.  One who, or that which, molds or forms into shape; specifically (Founding), one skilled in the art of making molds for castings.



verb
Moulder, Molder  v. t.  To turn to dust; to cause to crumble; to cause to waste away. "(Time's) gradual touch Has moldered into beauty many a tower."



Moulder, Molder  v. i.  (past & past part. moldered or mouldered; pres. part. moldering or mouldering)  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." "When statues molder, and when arches fall." "If he had sat still, the enemy's army would have moldered to nothing."



Moulder  v.  See Molder.






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"Moulder" Quotes from Famous Books



... of a Pitt, in the day of the past, Her rank 'mid the nations our country may trace; Though his statue may moulder, his memory will last, The great and the good live again in their race; Ere to time's distant day, Our marble convey The fame that now blooms, and will know no decay, Our fathers' example our breasts shall inspire And we'll honour the Son as they ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 • Various

... characters, he may go on to deride venerable and holy institutions, he may stir up more discontent and sedition, but he will have no peace of mind within ... he will live and die unhonoured in his own generation, and, for his own sake it is to be hoped, moulder unknown in those ...
— There's Pippins And Cheese To Come • Charles S. Brooks

... centuries and new generations in the footsteps of the old. The bones of Christians moulder under the grave mounds, but still the temple remains as before. There priests and patriarchs and fathers of the Church assemble to Church Councils, and the great festivals of the year are celebrated under its vault. Nearly a thousand years of the stream of time have passed away, and ...
— From Pole to Pole - A Book for Young People • Sven Anders Hedin

... with the Stornaways, the Downings, the Burtons, and the Larkins of such importance as their antiquity. The uninformed outsider, on hearing it descanted upon, might naturally have been betrayed into the momentary weakness of expecting to see Mr. Downing moulder away, and little old Doctor Burton ...
— In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim • Frances Hodgson Burnett

... One, lies Fallen to earth; while by her side Moulder her towers and palaces, The ...
— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 • Various


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