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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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. The moldering of earth in frosts and sun. Bacon. When statues molder, and when arches fall. Prior. If he had sat still, the enemy's army would have moldered to nothing. Clarendon.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To turn to dust; to cause to crumble; to cause to waste away. [Time's] gradual touch Has moldered into beauty many a tower. Mason.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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