mouldy
noun
a torpedo.
mouldiness
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a word derived from
mouldy.
Example Sentences
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Soaring aloft, the Kite brings back a field-mouse, most filthy, and stinking from long-contracted mouldiness.
From The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Henry T. (Henry Thomas) Riley
If there be the least damp, cover them only with paper dipped in brandy, and laid on quite close; and to prevent the mouldiness occasioned by insects, cover them with fresh paper in the spring.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
We presume our readers are aware that mouldiness is occasioned by the growth of minute vegetables.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse
Spence saw in March grapes of several varieties, kept through the winter, not much shrivelled, and quite free from mouldiness.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 551, June 9, 1832 by Various
The shades, reappearing in the imperfect light, made the mouth grin and the eyes squint, and a slight mouldiness on the cheek-bones seemed to produce the illusion of real whiskers.
From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Gustave Flaubert
