mouldy
noun
a torpedo.
mouldiness
-
a word derived from
mouldy.
Example Sentences
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The reason of mouldiness, cracks, and rottenness within, is the not well pressing, turning, or curing, the curd and cheese.
From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady
Everything is worn, dim, vaguely grey; there is a pungent scent of mouldiness; the paint has long ago peeled away from the naked wood of the pillars.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series by Hearn, Lafcadio
Thorough desiccation is essential in order to prevent subsequent mouldiness or disease of the grain.
From The Bacillus of Long Life a manual of the preparation and souring of milk for dietary purposes, together with and historical account of the use of fermente by Douglas, Loudon
Then the brush is to be used, and the rose tree well cleansed by it, so that all mouldiness shall disappear: this operation is very easy after an abundant rain.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 365, April 11, 1829 by Various
Inside, a faint odour of mouldiness hung in the air of the rooms, which had been shut up unoccupied for a long time.
From The Guests Of Hercules by Bracker, M. Leone
