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- English Word Mouflon Definition A wild sheep (Ovis musimon), inhabiting the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also musimon or musmon.
- English Word Mought Definition Might.
- English Word Mouillation Definition The act of uttering the sound of a mouille letter.
- English Word Mouille Definition Applied to certain consonants having a "liquid" or softened sound; e.g., in French, l or ll and gn (like the lli in million and ni in minion); in Italian, gl and gn; in Spanish, ll and ; in Portuguese, lh and nh.
- English Word Mould Definition Alt. of Mouldy
- English Word Mould Definition Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.
- English Word Mould Definition Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing substance; material.
- English Word Mould Definition To cover with mold or soil.
- English Word Mould Definition A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter.
- English Word Mould Definition To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
- English Word Mould Definition To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
- English Word Mould Definition 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.
- English Word Mould Definition 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.
- English Word Mould Definition Cast; form; shape; character.
- English Word Mould Definition 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.
- English Word Mould Definition A fontanel.
- English Word Mould Definition A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand.
- English Word Mould Definition To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion.
- English Word Mould Definition To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb.
- English Word Mould Definition To knead; as, to mold dough or bread.