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''Often followed by'' away or down: to cause (something) to decay or rot, or to crumble to pieces.
(RQ:Montaigne Florio Essayes) there are numbered of others ſeene, vvho proſtrating themſelves alongſt vpon the ground, endure very paciently to be mouldred and cruſhed to death, vnder the Chariots vvheeles, thinking thereby to purchaſe after their death, a veneration of holineſſe, of vvhich they are not defrauded.
(RQ:Browne Works), that a man might well conceive that his years were never like to double or twice tell over his teeth.
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''Often followed by'' away: to decay or rot, or to crumble to pieces.
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(RQ:Prior Carmen Saeculare) Great III of England|WILLIAM's Glory to recal / VVhen Statues moulder, and vvhen Arches fall.
(quote-book) R. Horsfield,(nb...), and H. Dunoyer,(nb...); also by W. Tessyman,(nb...)|section=1st book|page=16|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-english-garden-a-po_mason-william_1772/page/16/mode/1up|oclc=1121281900|passage=His (quote-gloss) gradual touch / Has moulder'd into beauty many a tovver, / VVhich, vvhen it frovvn'd vvith all its battlements, / VVas only terrible: (..)
(RQ:Gibbon Roman Empire), Gallus|Gallus, Æmilianus, (emperor)|Valerian, and (w)—The General Irruption of the Barbarians—The Thirty Tyrants|page=268|passage=Three hundred years of peace, enjoyed by the ſoft inhabitants of Aſia, had aboliſhed the exerciſe of arms, and removed the apprehenſion of danger. The ancient vvalls vvere ſuffered to moulder avvay, and all the revenue of the moſt opulent cities vvas referred for the conſtruction of baths, temples, and theatres.
(RQ:Southey Curse of Kehama) / The robes of royalty which once they wore, / Long since had mouldered off and left them bare: / Naked upon their thrones behold them there, / Statues of actual flesh, … a fearful sight!
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(quote-book)&93;|year_published=1861|newversion=reprinted in|2ndauthor=George Kimball|chapter2=Origin of the John Brown Song|title2=The New England Magazine|location2=Boston, Mass.|publisher2=New England Magazine Company(nb...)|year2=December 1889|volume2=I (New Series; volume VII overall)|issue2=4|page2=373|pageurl2=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101064987934&view=1up&seq=385|issn=2154-6223|oclc=7568653|passage=Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown's body lies a mouldering in the grave, / John Brown's body lies a mouldering in the grave, / John Brown's body lies a mouldering in the grave, / but his soul goes marching on!|footer=(small)
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(quote-book) ''et al.''|entry=Betchworth, Surrey|editor=Media Brands|The Reader’s Digest Association|title=Book of British Villages: A Guide to 700 of the Most Interesting and Attractive Villages in Britain|location=Basingstoke, Hampshire|publisher=Drive Publications for the AA|Automobile Association|page=57|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/aabookofbritishv0000read/page/57/mode/1up|column=2|oclc=664221894|passage=The village once had a much higher status with a 14th-century castle – the last remnants of which are mouldering under earth banks in the local golf course.
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To die away, to disappear.
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''Often followed by'' away: of a group of people (especially an army): to diminish in number; to dwindle.
(RQ:Clarendon History) if they vvere compelled to march Eaſtvvards, to vvhich they vvere not inclined, it vvas to be doubted they vvould moulder avvay ſo faſt, that there vvould be little addition of ſtrength by it.
(RQ:Spectator) finding his congregation mouldering every Sunday, and hearing at length what was the occasion of it, resolved to give his parish a little Latin in his turn; (..)
A person who moulds dough into loaves for baking into bread.
A person who moulds or shapes material into objects, especially clay into bricks, pottery, etc.
An instrument or machine used to mould or shape material into objects.
A person or thing that influences or shapes; an influencer, a shaper.
A person who makes moulds for casting metal; a mouldmaker.
(alternative spelling of).
(synonym of); also, dust.
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(quote-book)|location=London|publisher=(...) Gold for James Asperne,(nb...)|section=book II|pages=144–145|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/treatiseonscienc00blac/page/145/mode/1up|oclc=228675567|passage=Great danger is to be apprehended to the health of the crews, and damage to the provisions and stores on board, from the damp state in which such ships must be in, for a long time after being taken out of the water. Houses, built with stone or mortar, saturated with salt-water, will continue damp for years; and, without almost constant fires, furniture, linen, silks, &c. &c. will be continually damaging, from moulder, rust, and mildew.