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MOULD . (I) (0. Eng. See also:

MOLDE

molde, from a See also:

Teutonic See also:

ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root meaning to grind, reduce to See also:

POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

powder, cf. " See also:

MEAL

meal "), loose See also:

FINE

fine See also:

earth, See also:

rich in organic See also:

MATTER

matter, on the See also:

SURFACE

surface of cultivated ground, especially the made See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden See also:

SOIL

soil suitable for the growth of See also:

PLANTS

plants. In the sense of a furry growth, consisting of See also:

minute See also:

FUNGI (p1. of Lat. fungus, a mushroom)

fungi found on See also:

animal or See also:

VEGETABLE

vegetable substances exposed to See also:

DAMP

damp, the word may be either an See also:

EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of " mould," earth, or an See also:

ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

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 (Lat. forma)

form or See also:

PATTERN

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

Lat. modulus, a measure, or See also:

standard. The See also:

ENGLISH

English " See also:

MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model " is another derivative of the same word.

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