Mold /(?)/

1. A spot; a blemish; a mole. [Obs.]

1. Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.
2. Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing substance; material.

   The etherial mold, Incapable of stain.

   Nature formed me of her softest mold.

imp. & p. p. Molded; p. pr. & vb. n. Molding

1. To cover with mold or soil. [R.]

1. A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter. (Bot.)

1. To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.

1. To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.

1. 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.
2. 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.

   The glass of fashion and the mold of form.

3. Cast; form; shape; character.

   Crowned with an architrave of antique mold.

4. 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. (Arch.)
5. A fontanel. (Anat.)
6. A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand. (Paper Making)

1. To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion.

   He forgeth and moldeth metals.

   Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mold me man?

2. To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb.
3. To knead; as, to mold dough or bread.
4. To form a mold of, as in sand, in which a casting may be made. (Founding)