2. That on which, or in accordance with which, anything is modeled or formed; anything which serves to
regulate the size, form, etc., as the pattern or templet used by a shipbuilder, carpenter, or mason.
The glass of fashion and the mold of form.
Shak. 3. Cast; form; shape; character.
Crowned with an architrave of antique mold.
Pope. 4. (Arch.) A group of moldings; as, the arch mold of a porch or doorway; the pier mold of a Gothic
pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts.
5. (Anat.) A fontanel.
6. (Paper Making) A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in
making paper by hand.
Mold
(Mold, Mould), v. t. [Cf. F. mouler, OF. moler, moller. See Mold the matrix.]
1. To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion.
He forgeth and moldeth metals.
Sir M. Hale.
Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay
To mold me man?
Milton. 2. To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb.
3. To knead; as, to mold dough or bread.
4. (Founding) To form a mold of, as in sand, in which a casting may be made.
Moldable
(Mold"a*ble, Mould"a*ble) a. Capable of being molded or formed.
Moldboard
(Mold"board`, Mould"board`) n.
1. A curved plate of iron (originally of wood) back of the share of a plow, which turns over the earth in
plowing.
2. (Founding) A follow board.
Molder
(Mold"er, Mould"er) n. One who, or that which, molds or forms into shape; specifically (Founding),
one skilled in the art of making molds for castings.
Molder
(Mold"er, Mould"er), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Moldered or Mouldered; p. pr. & vb. n. Moldering
or Mouldering.] [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.
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. Molder
(Mold"er, Mould"er), v. t. 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.
