Via Middle English molde, moulde (“mould, cast”) and Old French modle, from Latin modulus.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
The design it is to assume is formed in a metal mould, and into this the leather, in its pliant state is forced by a hydraulic power. 1847, editorial staff, “Decorations in Leather”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 68:
The portals are being constructed in situ, using a moveable mould that is made up of three parts. The inner form traveller supports the weight of the steel rebar and concrete as it is being poured and forms the inner shape of the portal. The external shape is formed by wall sections (assembled in situ) and a moveable arch-shaped outer section. 2024 March 20, Chris Howe, “High speed underneath the Chilterns...”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 33:
Via Middle English molde, moulde (“mould, cast”) and Old French modle, from Latin modulus.
Meanings
Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
Atlantic gales constantly buffet Morwenstow, whose seven hamlets together constitute Cornwall's most northerly parish. The village is dotted with trees moulded into weird shapes by the wind, and above the trees rise the vicarage chimneystacks resembling miniature church towers. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 288:
Max Chafkin, Thiel's biographer, describes Vance as his "extension", while Cadwalladr describes Vance, somewhat impolitely, as "Thiel's creature… a man Thiel moulded in his own image through lavish investments in his business and political careers". 2024 August 14, Bryn Haworth, “Artificial Ignorance: broligarchs and their brains should read Gulliver”, in Al Majalla, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2024:
From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen (“to grow mouldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz (“soft substance”) (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) Commonwealth spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”).
From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen (“to grow mouldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz (“soft substance”) (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek.
Meanings
Commonwealth spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”).