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MOULD . (I) (0 . Eng. See also:molde, from a See also:Teutonic See also:root meaning to grind, reduce to See also:powder, cf . " See also:meal "), loose See also:fine See also:earth, See also:rich in organic See also:matter, on the See also:surface of cultivated ground, especially the made See also:garden See also:soil suitable for the growth of See also:plants . In the sense of a furry growth, consisting of See also:minute See also:fungi found on See also:animal or See also:vegetable substances exposed to See also:damp, the word may be either an See also:extension of " mould," earth, or an See also:adaptation of an See also:early " moul," with an additional d due to " mould." g Moul " is a Scandinavian word, cf . Swed. mogla, to grow musty, and the Eng. colloquial " muggy." (2) A See also:form or See also:pattern, particularly one by means of which plastic materials may be made into shapes, whence " moulding," the form which the material so shaped takes . The word comes through the O . Fr. modle, molle, from See also:Lat. modulus, a measure, or See also:standard . The See also:English " See also:model " is another derivative of the same word . |
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