Define the word moult"Moult" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
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] Molt
"Moult" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Molt \Molt\, Moult \Moult\, v. t.
To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed.
[1913 Webster] Molt
"Moult" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Molt \Molt\, Moult \Moult\, n.
The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin,
etc.; molting.
[1913 Webster]
"Moult" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Moult \Moult\ (m[=o]lt), v. & n.
See Molt.
[1913 Webster]
"moult" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
moult
n : periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer
skin in reptiles [syn: molt, molting, moulting, ecdysis]
v : cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "out dog sheds every
Spring" [syn: shed, molt, exuviate, slough]
|
