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moult

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

moultv. i. [OE. mouten, L. mutare. See Mew to molt, and cf. Mute, v. t.].
     To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]
moultv. t. 
     To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed.  [1913 Webster]
moultn. 
     The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting.  [1913 Webster]
moultv. & n. 
     See Molt.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

moult, v. & n. (US molt)
--v.
1 intr. shed feathers, hair, a shell, etc., in the process of renewing plumage, a coat, etc.
2 tr. (of an animal) shed (feathers, hair, etc.).
--n. the act or an instance of moulting (is in moult once a year).

Derivative
moulter n.
Etymology
ME moute f. OE mutian (unrecorded) f. L mutare change: -l- after fault etc.

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