MOLD; MOULD

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. The etherial mold, Incapable of stain. Milton. Nature formed me of her softest mold. Addison.

To cover with mold or soil. [R.]

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. Milton.

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. The glass of fashion and the mold of form. Shak.

Cast; form; shape; character. Crowned with an architrave of antique mold. Pope.

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. He forgeth and moldeth metals. Sir M. Hale. Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mold me man Milton.

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.