mold, mould1 (mold)

[ IMG:content-0835.png:[blocks in formation] 2. The earth; the ground. [Obsolete or pro- vincial; in Scotch usually in the plural, moulds , mools.] Thez Horn were under molde , Other elles wher he wolde. There is moo my hape peple amonge thise beggeres Thane of alle maner men that on this molde walketh. nus Mucor . M. Mucedo forms small downy tufts of grayish- white color on bread, decaying fruit, etc. M. Syzygites oc- curs on decaying mushrooms. Phycomyces nitens , a related form, grows on oily or greasy substances. The common blue mold on decaying bread, cheese, etc., is Penicillium glau- cum . See Mucor , Mucor in i , Penicillium . All moulds are inceptions of putrefaction, as the moulds of pies and flesh, which moulds afterwards turn into Black mold, a general name for certain hyphomycetous fungi having dark-colored or carbonized mycelium, be- longing chiefly to the family Dermatieœ . mold3, mould3 (mold), n. [A later form, with excrescent d, of molel . Prob. due in part to confusion with mold1 , mold2 . The form is ex- tant chiefly in iron - mold .] A spot; a stain, as that caused by rust. Upon the little brest, like christ all bright, She mote perceive a litle purple mold , Their bones are mingled with the mould , Their dust is on the wind. Unle you were of gentler, milder mould . Shak., T. of the S., i. 1. 60. Nature formed me of her softest mould , And sunk me even below my own weak sex. Add is on , Cato, i. 6. In or under the molds, in the earth; buried. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] Late, late i' the night the bairnies grat, Their mither, she under the mools heard that. mold, mould4 (mold), n. molde, with unorig. medial d , for * molle , molle , moule, mole, mosle, modle , F. moule = Sp. Pg. molde , a mold, measure, modulus , a mea- sure, model: see modulus , model.] 1. A form or model pattern of a particular shape, used in de- term in ing the shape of something in a molten, plastic, or otherwise yielding state. New honours come upon him, Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould But with the aid of use. Shak., Macbeth, i. 3. 145. Made in his image! Sweet and gracious souls, Dear to my heart by nature's fondest names, Is not your memory still the precious mould That lends its form to Him who hears my prayer? O. W. Holmes, Love. My sonne, if thou of suche a molde Art made, now tell me pleine thy shrift. French churches, both under others abroad and at home in their own country, all cast according to that mould which Calvin had made. Hooker , Eccles. Polity, Pref., ii. The expectancy and rose of the fair state, The gla of fashion, and the mould of form. Bacon , Advancement of Learning, ii. 300. Milton , P. L., x. 744. Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man? 2. In ship - building , to give the required depth and outline to, as ships' timbers. - Diamond- molded gla . See gla . -Molded breadth, the greatest Shak., Hamlet, iii. 1. 161. breadth of a ship, measured to the outside of the frame- Men of mould IMG:content-0836.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0837.png:[blocks in formation] glaucum ), magnified. , the mycelium; c, the conidia. one half at a time in the two parts of the flask or molding- box, which, when put together so as to correspond, form the mold. Loam-molds are used especially in making large hollow castings, and do not require a pattern. These molds are of every shape and size, from molds for kettles and water-pipes to those for engine-cylinders and great cannon. Fine molds for making castings of insects, flow- ers, and other delicate objects are formed by suspending the object in a box by means of wires and covering it with plaster of Paris. When set the mold is heated until the object is burned, and the ash is then blown out, leaving the original shape in IMG:content-0838.png:[blocks in formation] gases which would otherwise be retained in the metal are thus forced out, escaping through the channels in the lags and the core. mold-candle (mõld' kan dl), n. A candle formed in a mold, as distinguished from a dipped candle or dip. See dip, n., 2. mold-cistern (mõld's is" tern), n. making: In sugar making : (a) (a) The vat which receives the drippings from the sugar-loaves. (b) A tank in which the molds are washed after use. Knight . Е. Н. molder1, moulder1 (mōl'der), v. [A freq. form of mold, mould1.] I. in trans. 1. To turn to mold or dust by natural decay; waste away by a gradual separation of the component particles, especially without the presence of water; crumble. The ninth [means to induce and accelerate putrefaction] is by the interchange of heat and cold, or wet and dry; as we see in the mouldering of earth in frosts and sunne. Bacon , Nat. Hist., § 337. To Dust must all that Heav'n of Beauty come! And must Pastor a moulder in the Tomb! Congreve, Death of Queen Mary. The bra and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away. Locke , Human Understanding, II. x. 5. 2. To be diminished; waste away gradually. If he had sat still the enemy's army would have mouldered to nothing. Clarendon, Great Rebellion. II. trans. To turn to dust; crumble; waste. These rocks [falling from mountain-tops]... when their foundations have been mouldered with age. Add is on, Remarks on Italy. molder1t, moulder1† (mõl ́der), n. [ molder1 , r.] Mold; clay. Not that we are privy to the eternall counsel of God, but for that by sense of our ayrie bodies we have a more refined faculty of foreseeing than men po ibly can have that are chained to such heavie earthly moulder . Nashe , Pierce Penile e, p. 85. ( Hall i well .) molder, moulder2 (möl'der), n. [ mol dere, mold are, mooldare , a former (kneader); Unthinking, overbearing people, who... set up for reformers, and new moulders of the constitution. Bp . Berkeley , Discourse to Magistrates. More distinct style than even blank-verse, and quite as plainly takes the stamp of its molder . The Century, XXIX. 508. Molders' clamp, flask, etc. See clamp, etc. moldery (mol'der-i), a. [ Of the nature of or like mold. Loudon. mold-facing (mold' fā "sing), n. In iron-and bra -founding: (a) A thin coating of finely pulverized material dusted upon the inside faces of molds, to insure smooth outside surfaces on the castings. For iron, powdered charcoal and milldust, and sometimes plumbago, are used. For bra , pease meal, powdered soapstone, rottenstone, graphite, and chalk are variously employed. ( b ) A wash of plumbago and water laid on the faces of a mold by gentle manipulation with a soft brush, and allowed to dry before the cast is made.