moldloft (mold loft)

A large room in a ship-building yard in which the several parts of a ship are drawn out in their proper dimensions from the construction drawings. Also called modeling - loft. [The] various problems [of laying-off] are solved upon the floor of a building known as the Mould Loft , where the drawings furnished by the designer are transferred in chalk lines in full size, and then by the aid of geometry, and in the manner discu ed in the following pages, the draughtsman determines and draws in the shapes of the various components of the frame. Moulds are made to the lines, and with these moulds and other data furnished by the draughtsman the workmen are enabled to trim the timbers, or bend the angle-irons, and place such marks upon them as shall leave nothing but the putting together and fastening them in their places in order to construct the frame of the ship. The arle, Naval Architecture, § 1. moldmeatt, n. [OSc. mouldmete ; mold1 + meat1 . Cf. moldale .] A funeral feast. moldne t, mouldne t, n. [ME. mowlednes ; mold2 , a., + -ne .] Moldine . Cath . Ang ., p. 244. IMG:content-0840.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0841.png:[blocks in formation] moltwerf, multwurf , moltwer moltwerf, moltwerfe , mulwerf , mulwerf , mulwelf , murwerf , G. maulwurf Ffor moldewarpes cattes is to kepe, To ligge in waite to touche with her cle. ful facility, and construct galleries often of great extent and complexity. They are stout thick-set animals, usually 6 or 8 inches long, with very small or rudimentary eyes and ears, sharp snout, no visible neck, strong and high- ly fo orial fore feet, and short tail. They feed chiefly upon earthwor the best know a Europe, Talpa europe a . The Japanese mole is Mogera wogura. All the American moles differ decidedly those of Europe and Asia; they are called shrew - moles , and the commonest is Scalops aquatic us , of wide distribution in the United States. The American moles of the genus Scapanus are nearest those of the Old World. There are two of these, the hairy-tailed or Brewer's ( S. american us or brewer i) and S. town send i ; the latter is confined to west- ern portions of the continent. The star-nosed mole of North America is Condylura cristata . See cuts under Talpa , The molde , and other suche as diggeth lowe, Anoie hem not, in harde lande yf thai growe. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 108. When in the darkne over me The four-handed mole shall scrape. IMG:content-0842.png:[blocks in formation] So coy a beauty in the town but would, For half a mouldy biscuit, sell herself To a poor bisognion. moldy-hill, mouldy-hill (mol'di-hil), n. [Also dial. moadie - hill ; moldy2 , mouldy2, + hill1.] A mole-hill. [Prov. Eng.] He has pitch'd his sword in a moodie - hill , And he has leap'd twenty lang feet and three. moldy-rat, mouldy-rat (mol'di-rat), n. A mole. [Prov. Eng.] mole1 (mol), n. [Also dial. (Sc.) mail (in this form mixed with maill , ult. macula , a spot), also by some confusion maul , moil ; mole , mool, AS. māl , mæl , a spot, = OHG. MHG. meil, OHG. also meila , meilā , MHG. meile = Goth. mail , a spot, perhaps orig. * mahal = macula , a spot; whence macula , macule, macle , mackle, mail. A diff. word from AS. mæl = MD. mael , D. maal = OHG. MHG. māl, G. mal , a mark, a point of time, time, = Goth. mēl , a point of time: see meal2 . Hence, by corrup- tion, mold3, mould3.] 1. A spot; a stain, as on a garment. 2. A kind of plow or other implement drawn or driven through the subsoil in making drains; a mole-plow.-Cape mole. ( a ) The chrysochlore or gold- en mole of South Africa, Chrysochloris aureus. (b) The rodent bathyergue or mole-rat of South Africa, Bathyergus maritimus. - Golden mole. Same as Cape mole (a). - Oregon mole, a large mole, Scapanus town send i , inhabit- ing the Pacific States. mole2 (mol), v.; pret. and pp. moled , ppr. mol- ing. [ trans . 1. To clear of mole- hills. [Prov. Eng.] -2. To burrow or form holes in, as a mole: as, to mole the earth. II. in trans . To destroy moles. [Prov. Eng.] mole3 (mol), n. [F. móle (> Ru . mola ) = Sp. mole , muelle = Pg. mol he = It. mole , molo (> G. molo), moles , a great ma , a ma ive struc- ture, esp. of stone, a pier, dam, mole, pile, hence a burden, difficulty, effort, labor. Hence ult. amolish, demolish, emolument, molecule, molest , etc.] 1. A mound or ma ive work, formed largely of stone, inclosing a harbor or anchorage, to protect it from the violence of the waves. Bid the broad arch the dangerous flood contain, The mole projected break the roaring main. 2. A form of ancient Roman mausoleum, con- sisting of a round tower on a square base, in- sulated, encompa ed with columns, and cov- IMG:content-0843.png:[blocks in formation] On her left breast A mole cinque-spotted, like the crimson drops I' the bottom of a cowslip. Shak ., Cymbeline, ii. 2. 38. IMG:content-0844.png:[blocks in formation] moles (mol), n. [ mola salsa ); cf. mola , a millstone: see milll .] Coarse meal mixed with salt, in ancient times used in sacrifices. IMG:content-0845.png:[blocks in formation] plest cla are the digestion of food and the elaboration of the materials of reproduction. E. D. Cope , Origin of the Fittest, p. 231. Atomic or molecular heats of bodies. See atomic.- Molecular attraction, that species of attraction which operates upon the molecules or particles of a body, as dis- tinguished from the attraction of gravitation. Cohesion and chemical affinity are instances of molecular attraction. Molecular force. See force1 . - Molecular weights. See weight . She with the mole all in her handes devout Stode neare the aulter. Surrey, Æneid, iv. Crumble the sacred mole of salt and corn, Next in the fire the bags with brimstone burn. Dryden, tr. of Virgil's Pastorals, viii. mole6t, v. i. [A ME. var. of mele3.] To speak. This valyant bierne Moles to hir mildly with fulle meke wordes. mole-bat (mōl'bat), n . See mole - but . mole-boutt, n. Same as mole - but . mole-but (mol'but), n. The short sunfish, a typ- ical species of Molida , technically called Mola mola , M. rotunda , or Orthagoriscus mola . Also mole-bat. See cut at Mola . mole-cast (mol'kast), n. A mole-hill. mole (mol), n. [Early mod. E. also mool, moule, moule, mold, mol = MLG. mol , mul ), appar. an abbr. mole-catcher (mol'kach "ér), n. of orig. molewarp , prop. moldwarp . Such ab- breviation so early as in the ME. period is not satisfactorily explained.] 1. An insectivo- rous mammal of the family Talpidæ (which see for technical characters). There are at least 7 gen- era of moles, of which Talpa , Mogera , Paras captor , and Scaptochirus are confined to the Old World, and Condy- lur a , Scalops , and Scapanus to America. The several spe- cies are much alike in general appearance and habits, all living under ground, where they burrow with wonder- busine is to catch moles. mole-cricket (mol'kriket), n. A fo orial orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllotalpa : so called from its habit of burrowing in the ground like a mole by means of its large and peculiarly shaped fore legs. There are upward of 20 species, found in various parts of the world; that common in Europe is G. vulgar is , about 11⁄2 inches long, and of a brown color. It constructs extensive subterranean galleries, cut- ting through the roots of the plants encountered, and thus molecule We have, I believe, what we may almost call a new chemistry, some day to be revealed to us by means of photographic records of the behaviour of molecules . J. N. Lockyer , Spect. Anal., p. 109. Hence-2. A very small particle or bit of something; a particle; an atom. [Colloq.] 3. In ornith., the tread or cicatricula of a fecundated ovum. [Rare.] - Constituent molecule, a molecule which is united with others unlike itself, as some of the ingredients of a heterogeneous body.Integrant molecule. integrant. - Organic molecules, capable of neither generation nor corruption, which were supposed by Buffon to account for the properties of living matter. Syn. 1. Atom, etc. See particle.