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moukden | mould | mouldable | mouldboard | mouldboard plough | moulder | mouldery | mouldiness | moulding | mouldwarp | mouldy

moulder

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)
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mould=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

mouldern. 
     One who, or that which, molds or forms into shape; specifically (Founding), one skilled in the art of making molds for castings.  [1913 Webster]
moulderv. i. [From Mold fine soft earth: cf. Prov. G. multern.].
     To crumble into small particles; to turn to dust by natural decay; to lose form, or waste away, by a gradual separation of the component particles, without the presence of water; to crumble away.  [1913 Webster]
    "The moldering of earth in frosts and sun."  [1913 Webster]
    "When statues molder, and when arches fall."  [1913 Webster]
    "If he had sat still, the enemy's army would have moldered to nothing."  [1913 Webster]
moulderv. t. 
     To turn to dust; to cause to crumble; to cause to waste away.  [1913 Webster]
    "[Time's] gradual touch
    Has moldered into beauty many a tower.
    "  [1913 Webster]
moulder,  

OXFORD DICTIONARY

moulder, v.intr. (US molder)
1 decay to dust.
2 (foll. by away) rot or crumble.
3 deteriorate.

Etymology
perh. f. MOULD(3), but cf. Norw. dial. muldra crumble

THESAURUS

moulder

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