crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.-earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing substance; material.-to cover with mold or soil.-a growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups hyphomycetes, and physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter.-to cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.-to become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.-the matrix, or cavity, in which anything is shaped, and from which it takes its form; also, the body or mass containing the cavity; as, a sand mold; a jelly mold.-that on which, or in accordance with which, anything is modeled or formed; anything which serves to regulate the size, form, etc., as the pattern or templet used by a shipbuilder, carpenter, or mason.-cast; form; shape; character.-a group of moldings; as, the arch mold of a porch or doorway; the pier mold of a gothic pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts.-a fontanel.-a frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand.-to form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion.-to ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb.-to knead; as, to mold dough or bread.-to form a mold of, as in sand, in which a casting may be made.-alt. of mouldy