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Webster 1913 Edition
Moult
{
, Molt
,Moult
}Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Molted
or Moulted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Molting
or Moulting
.] [The prevalent spelling is, perhaps,
moult
; but as the u
has not been inserted in the otherwords of this class, as,
, it is desirable to complete the analogy by the spelling bolt
, colt
, dolt
, etc.molt
.] To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird.
Bacon.
{
Molt
,Moult
, }Verb.
T.
To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed.
{
Molt
,Moult
, }Noun.
The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting.