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s in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated. O Lord, how manifold are thy works! Ps. civ. 24. I know your manifold transgressions. Amos v. 12.

Having many folds, layers, or plates; as, a manifolded shield. [Obs.]

In a manifold manner.

Multiplicity. Sherwood.

A kind of brass made in imitation of gold. It contains eighty per cent of copper and twenty of zinc. Ure.

A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms, especially the Calendula officinalis (see Calendula), and the cultivated species of Tagetes.

. (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus Caltha (C. palustris), growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. In the United States it is used as a pot herb under the name of cowslip. See Cowslip.

Thousandfold. [R.] Davies (Holy Roode).

A spot; a blemish; a mole. [Obs.] Spenser.

ial; 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.

Capable of being molded or formed.

A curved plate of iron (originally of wood) back of the share of a plow, which turns over the earth in plowing.

One who, or that which, molds or forms into shape; specifically (Founding), one skilled in the art of making molds for castings.

Covered or filled with mold; consisting of, or resembling, mold.

The state of being moldy.

The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.

See Mole the animal. Spenser.

Overgrown with, or containing, mold; as, moldy cheese or bread.

Many times doubled; manifold; numerous.

A small convex molding surrounding a column at the jinction of the shaft and capital. Weale.