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

MOLD; MOULD n. 16 definitions

rial; 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.

MOLDABLE; MOULDABLE a.

Capable of being molded or formed.

MOLDBOARD; MOULDBOARD n. 2 definitions

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

MOLDER; MOULDER n. 3 definitions

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

MOLDERY; MOULDERY a.

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

MOLDINESS; MOULDINESS n.

The state of being moldy.

MOLDING; MOULDING n. 4 definitions

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

MOLDWARP; MOULDWARP n.

See Mole the animal. Spenser.

MOLDY; MOULDY a.

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

MOLE n. 8 definitions

rmanent protuberance on the human body; esp., a spot which is dark-colored, from which commonly issue one or more hairs.

Having eyes like those of the mole; having imperfect sight.

The sunfish (Orthagoriscus, or Mola). [Written also molebat.]

A little elevation of earth made by a mole; a molehill. Mortimer.

The fire god of the Ammonites, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Moloch. Lev. xviii. 21.

Pertaining to, connected with, produced by, or consisting of, molecules; as, molecular forces; molecular groups of atoms, etc. Molecular attraction (Phys.), attraction acting between the molecules of bodies, and at insensible distances. -- Molecular weight (Chem.), the weight of a molecule of any gas or vapor as compa…

MOLECULARITY n.

The state of consisting of molecules; the state or quality of being molecular.

MOLECULARLY adv.

With molecules; in the manner of molecules. W. R. Grove.

MOLECULE n. 3 definitions

ing the smallest portion of any particular compound that can exist in a free state; as, a molecule of water consists of two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Cf. Atom.

A little hillock of earth thrown up by moles working under ground; hence, a very small hill, or an insignificant obstacle or difficulty. Having leapt over such mountains, lie down before a molehill. South.