moulder

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: mould=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

moulder, n. 

 One who, or that which, molds or forms into shape; specifically (Founding), one skilled in the art of making molds for castings.  [1913 Webster]

moulder, v. 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]

moulder, v. 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,  

 See Mold, Molder, Moldy, etc.  [1913 Webster]

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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