moulder
1 Britishnoun
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a person who moulds or makes moulds
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printing one of the set of electrotypes used for making duplicates
verb
Etymology
Origin of moulder
C16: verbal use of mould ³
Example Sentences
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The rise of railways and roads made them redundant and many were left to moulder, alongside the old industrial areas of many cities.
From Economist • Dec. 17, 2014
The pathologist on duty became so entranced by the face of the girl with the enigmatic half-smile that he asked a moulder to take a plaster cast of her face.
From BBC • Oct. 16, 2013
He was known as Pit Legs, although his own trade was as a brass moulder.
From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2012
Here Frances de la Tour and Linda Bassett moulder away, lady and companion: guardians of a home – or a property? – looking as if they might be part of its saleable contents.
From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2012
The sacredness of the place where his pictures moulder and grow black will protect him from vain tongues which would criticise and discuss his work.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward
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