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The state of smoldering.

Smoldering; suffocating; smothery. [Obs.] A flaming fire ymixt with smoldry smoke. Spenser.

To change the form of; to reduce from any form. "Unmolding reason's mintage." Milton.

bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place.

A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc., used by itself, or with other moldings. It is used, several times repeated, under the Doric capital.

Not plastic or easily molded.

The group of moldings, or other architectural member, above and on both sides of a door or other opening, especially if square in form.

More commonly, the molding or other ornaments with which the wall face of the voussoirs of an arch is charged.

all thy rarities, old Oxenford, what do most arride and solace me are thy repositories of moldering learning. Lamb.

aces meeting each other, whether plane or curved; -- applied particularly to the edges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a Doric column. P. Cyc. Arris fillet, a triangular piece of wood used to raise the slates of a roof against a chimney or wall, to throw off the rain. Gwilt. -- Arri…

ores formed in asci, or spore sacs. It comprises many orders, among which are the yeasts, molds, mildews, truffles, morels, etc. -- As`co*my*ce"tous (#), a.

A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle.

aracteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined. Attic base (Arch.), a peculiar form of molded base for a column or pilaster, described by Vitruvius, applied under the Roman Empire to the Ionic and Corinthian and "Roman Doric" orders, and imitated by the architects of the Renaissance. -- Attic faith, inviolable fait…

The annular molding or group of moldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.

A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.

circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollow molding.

In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.

A small band or fillet; any little band or flat molding, compassing a column, like a ring. Gwilt.

ojecting band of metal around the breech, connected with the body of the gun by a concave molding. H. L. Scott.

manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc.