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Molt   /moʊlt/   Listen
noun
Moult, Molt  n.  The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting.



verb
Moult, Molt  v. t.  To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed.



Moult, Molt  v. i.  (past & past part. molted or moulted; pres. part. molting or moulting)  To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird.



Molt  v.  obs. Imp. of Melt.






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"Molt" Quotes from Famous Books



... trichosis [Med.]. V. divest; uncover &c (cover) &c 223; denude, bare, strip; disfurnish^; undress, disrobe &c (dress, enrobe) &c 225; uncoif^; dismantle; put off, take off, cast off; doff; peel, pare, decorticate, excoriate, skin, scalp, flay; expose, lay open; exfoliate, molt, mew; cast the skin. Adj. divested &c v.; bare, naked, nude; undressed, undraped; denuded; exposed; in dishabille; bald, threadbare, ragged, callow, roofless. in a state of nature, in nature's garb, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

... and distance assending the Molt no mar R from it's enterance into the Columbia at the lower point of the ...
— The Journals of Lewis and Clark • Meriwether Lewis et al

... Normandie a gent molt fiere Jo ne sai gent de tel maniere; Chevaliers sont proz e vaillanz Par totes terres conqueranz.... ... Orguillos sunt Normant e fier. E vanteor e bombancier; Toz tems les devreit l'en plaisier Kar mult ...
— The Story of Rouen • Sir Theodore Andrea Cook

... fling, hurl, throw, impel, pitch, sling; direct, turn, drop, deposit, place; exuviate, shed, molt, discard, shed, reflect, throw; compute, reckon, ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming

... the Molt no mar R from it's enterance into the Columbia at the lower point of the 3rd Image Canoe ...
— The Journals of Lewis and Clark • Meriwether Lewis et al



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