moult

moult
Molt Molt, Moult Moult, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Molted} or {Moulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Molting} or {Moulting}.] [OE. mouten, L. mutare. See {Mew} to molt, and cf. {Mute}, v. t.] [The prevalent spelling is, perhaps, {moult}; but as the {u} has not been inserted in the otherwords of this class, as, bolt, colt, dolt, etc., it is desirable to complete the analogy by the spelling {molt}.] To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • moult — moult …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • moult — [ mult ] adv. • mult Xe; lat. multum « beaucoup », cf. multitude ♦ Vx ou iron. Beaucoup, très. Raconter une histoire avec moult détails. ● moult adjectif invariable (latin multum) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • moult — Moult, C est beaucoup. Il vient de Multum Latin. Il est moult joyeux, Valde multumque laetus. L Italien dit de mesmes Molto, et l Espagnol Mucho, et Muy. Ce vocable estoit commun et fort usité envers les anciens, ce qu il n est pas à present, et… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Moult — País …   Wikipedia Español

  • moult — BrE molt AmE [məult US moult] v when a bird or animal moults, it loses feathers or hair so that new ones can grow >moult[i] n [U and C] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Moult — (m[=o]lt), v. & n. See {Molt}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • moult — [ moult ] the British spelling of molt …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • moult´er — moult «mohlt», intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun. Especially British. molt. –moult´er, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • moult — see MOLT (Cf. molt) …   Etymology dictionary

  • moult — is the spelling in BrE for the verb meaning ‘to shed feathers or hair etc.’ and for the corresponding noun. In AmE the spelling is molt …   Modern English usage

  • moult — MOULT. adv. Vieux mot qui n a plus d usage que dans le burlesque, & qui signifie Beaucoup, en grande quantité …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

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