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moulder(2)(dictionary)
moulder(dictionary)

moulder(2) (iou)



moulder verb. Also *molder. M16.
[Perh. from MOULD noun1 + -ER5, but cf. Norwegian dial. muldra.]
verb intrans. Decay to dust; rot away; crumble. M16.
E. Shanks We shall moulder in the plains of France. T. Hooper [Honey]Combs which have dried out and partly mouldered away. fig.: Tennyson Never man..So moulder'd in a sinecure as he.
verb trans. Cause to decay to dust, rot away, or crumble. Now rare exc. dial. M17.
Wordsworth Long after we..are mouldered in our graves. fig.: Donne How many men have we seene Molder and crumble away great Estates.
verb intrans. Esp. of an army: be diminished in number; dwindle (away). Now rare or obsolete. L17.
Clarendon If he had sat still the other great army would have mouldered to nothing.
verb intrans. Move off in an aimless or lifeless manner. rare. M20.
E. Bowen I mouldered off by myself..to watch the old clock.
mouldery adjective (long rare exc. dial.) (esp. of soil) crumbly, friable E17.