mold-box 
gases which \Miiil.l "Hi. ii,i- In- i-i-i.-iliii-il iii Hi. metal are 
thus forced out, escaping thniiitth the channels: in the lags 
ami the core. 
mold-candle (mAld'kan'dl), . A Candle 
formed iii a mold, as distinguished from u 
dill/Mil ciinilli or ili/>. Kee ili/i, ., 2. 
mold-Cistern (mold ' sis " torn), n. In Huynr- 
iim/.'iiii/: (ii) Tin- vat whidi receives tho drip- 
pings from tlic sugar-loaves. (6) A tank in 
which the molds arc washed after use. E. II. 
linitfltt. 
molder 1 , moulder 1 (mol'der), r. [A freq. form 
of mol(ft, mould 1 .'] I. intrans. 1. To turn to 
mold or dust by natural decay; waste away bv 
a gradual separation of the component parti- 
cles, especially without the presence of water; 
crumble. 
The ninth [means to induce and accelerate putrefactlou] 
is by the interchange of heat and cold, or wet and dry; as 
we see in the mouldering of earth in fronts and sunne. 
Baton, Nat. Hist., f 887. 
To Dust must all that Heav'n of Beauty come 1 
And must 1'astora moulder in the Tomb ! 
Conyreve, Death of Queen Mary. 
The braas and marble remain, yet the inscriptloni are 
effaced by time, and t hi- imagery moulders away. 
Locke, Human Understanding, II. \ 
2. To be diminished; waste away gradually. 
If he had sat still tho enemy's army would have moul- 
dered to nothing. Clarendon, Great Rebellion. 
II. trans. To turn to dust; crumble; waste. 
These rocks [falling from mountain-tops] . . . when 
their foundations have been mnuldmd with age. 
Addison, Remarks on Italy. 
molder't, moulder 1 ! (mol'der), . [< molderi, 
c.] Mold; clay. 
Not that we are privy to the eternal! counsel of God, but 
for that by sense of our ayrie bodies we have a more re- 
lini-il faculty of foreseeing than men possibly can have 
that are chained to such heavlo earthly moulder. 
Xaihe, Pierce Penilesse, p. 85. (UalKwell. ) 
molder'-', moulder 2 (mol'der), n. [< ME. *mot- 
dere, moldare, mooldare, a former (kneader); < 
MOM* + -er 1 .] One who molds or forms into 
shape; specifically, one who is employed in 
making castings in a foundry. 
I'nthinking, overbearing people, who . . . set up for re- 
formers, and new moulder* of the constitution. 
/.'/' Berkeley, Discourse to Magistrates. 
More distinct style than even blank-verse, and quite as 
plainly takes the stamp of its molder. 
The Century. XXIX. 608. 
Holders' clamp, flask, etc. See clamp, etc. 
moldery (mol der-i), a. [< molded + -y 1 .] 
Of the nature of or like mold. 7,odo. 
mold-facing (mold 'fa 'sing), n. In iron- and 
brass-founding: (a) A thin coating of finely pul- 
verized material dusted upon the inside faces 
of molds, to insure smooth outside surfaces on 
the castings. For iron, powdered charcoal and mill- 
dust, and sometimes plumbago, are used, 1'or brass, pease- 
meal, powdered soapBtone. rottenstone, graphite, and 
chalk are variously employed, f J) A wash of plum- 
bago and water laid on the faces of a mold by 
gentle manipulation with a soft brush, and al- 
lowed to dry before the cast is made. 
moldiness, mouldiness (mol'di-nes), . [< 
i>ildi/ 1 + -ness. Cf. MOMMW.1 The state of 
beingmoldy; moldy growth; minute fungi. See 
mold'. 
His few Greek books a rotten chest contain'd, 
Whose covers much of mtnddinesg complain'd. 
'"' tr. of Juvenal's Satires, III. 
3821 
moldness 
names. In Roman architecture all curved moldings are 
formed of portion* of circles, while In Greek archltec- 
molding 1 , moulding 1 (mol'ding), . [Verbal 
n. of mold 1 , mould 1 , c.] The act of covering with 
mold ; mold used to cover the roots of plants. 
When the sprouts [of sugar-cane] are six or eight inches 
high, it will be necessary to put a gang in to give them a 
lik-nliful moldiiuj, in order to cover their roots and feed 
their stems. 
T. Itouyhley, Jamaica Planter's Guide (182^), i-. 886, 
molding'-', moulding- (mol'ding), n. [Verbal n. 
of moltl*, mould*, i J 1. The process of shaping 
any plastic substance into a given form, as wax 
into artistic figures, or clay into bricks. 
For there was never man without our molding, 
Without our stamp upon him, and our justice, 
Left any thing three ages after him 
Good, and hla own. Fletcher, Tauier Tamed, iii. 8. 
2. Anything cast in a mold, or anything formed 
as if by a mold. 3. In arch., a member of con- 
st ruction ordecoration so treated as to introduce- 
varieties of outline or contour in edges or sur- 
faces, whether on projections or in cavities, such 
as on cornices, string-courses, bases, door- or 
window-jambs, lintels, etc. In classical architecture 
moldings are divided into three classes: the riyht-lin?<l, 
as the fillet, tu-nia. listel, regnla ; the curved, as the astra- 
gal or bead, the torus, the cavetto, the quarter-round, 
ovolo, and echinus ; and tin- <-"//I/'N.S-I/,>, as the ogee, talon, or 
cyma reversa, the cynia recta or doucine, and the wotia ur 
trocliUob, all of which are known by many synonymous 
molding-frame (mul'ding-fram). n. In foumi- 
turr they are for the most part fonned of some conic sec- '."'': ' '" "-"'I'. 1 '-' ''X **** 9 b J et>t is UI 'I" ' 
ti.. ii, ..f which the curve, In good work, Is always of ,-v '" loam-molding. /.. //. Knight. 
treme reflneiuent. All these moldings are frequently en molding-hole (mol'ding-hol), n. In founding, 
an eM'itvatiini in the foundry-floor in which 
I'd^tinu- "t lame M/e are made, 
molding-loam (mol'ding-loin). . A mixture 
of clay and sand employed In founders in con- 
stnietin^ molds for loam-molding, 
molding-machine (inol'ding-ma-shen'). n. 1. 
Iii iriHid-icorl;in</, one of a clam of high-speed 
power-machines for planing. rveesMng. -nap- 
in^, molding, profiling, and paneling wood. 
Such machines occupy In wood working much the same 
position as the lullliug-machliie In metal-work, u both 
operate by means of revolving cutters. In moldlng-ma- 
chlnea all the work Is performed by revolving cutter-heads 
Im ing variously shaped knives. These cutters are used 
Hiinly. as In some panel-machines, and project through 
the table on which the work Is laid, or they are arranged 
In gangs and aeries so that the wood In pasting through 
the machine Is exposed successively to all the cutters. By 
this gang-system of cutters It ls poMlble to cut molding! 
and edgings of the most complicated pattern. One form 
of the machine has the cutters Iwtwern the cotter-arbor 
bearings, and is known at a matehing-machine or tnxxf- 
planimj machine, or an inside -molding machine. In an- 
other form the cutters project up through the table and 
are arranged to work upon the Inside edges of molding*. 
Tlus type Is known u the edge-molding machine. Some- 
times called earring machine, cariety-planer, or relief- 
paneliny machine. 
2. A machine for making molding from an ar- 
tificial composition. The material ls forced from a 
hopper by a compressor, Is carried by an apron beneath 
a die-wheel, and alter being shaped by this it Is delivered 
on a table. 
3. In nheft-metal working, a rolling-machine 
with shaped rollers of which one is the coun- 
terpart of the other, for molding sheet-metal 
into shape for cornices, balusters, etc. 4. In 
founding: (a) A machine for making loam- 
molds in flasks from small patterns carried by 
the machine. (6) A gear-molding machine. 
Gear-molding machine, an apparatus for molding large 
gear-wheels from a pattern of a small section of the gear, 
as of two teeth and the interdental space. Stone-mold- 
ing machine, a machine for working stone moldings. 
It resembles one form of stone-saw, but differs from It in 
having the frame which carries the revolving grinder ad- 
justable, by means of a screw beneath, to the thickness of 
the slab. The grinder is kept constantly supplied with 
moist sand. surface-molding machine, u form of 
molding-machine with double-edged cutters and a rapid 
reverse motion. It is used to cut scrolls and plain or 
molded designs on the surface of solid wood, to rout such 
work as ends of pews and stairs, to form grooves for In- 
laid work, to make tracings for carving, etc. 
molding-mill ( mol 'ding-mil), n. A sawmill 
or shaping-mill for timber. 
molding-plane (mol'ding-plan), n. In joinery, 
a plane used in forming moldings; a match- 
plane. Such planes have various patterns or convex and 
concave soles for making the dill emit parts of moldings, 
as hollows and rounds. 
molding-plow (mol'ding-plou), . A plow with 
two mold-boards to throw the soil to both sides 
at once; a ridging-plow. It is used in forming 
ridges, in hilling potatoes, etc. 
molding-sand (moVding-sand), N. A mixture 
of sand and loam of which molds for use in u 
foundry are made. 
molding-saw (mol'ding-sa), H. A circular saw 
or combination of circular saws for cutting out 
blocks approximating to the shapes of orna- 
mental moldings. The molding is finished by 
cutters formed to the exact curve. 
molding-table (mol'ding- ta'bl), . A table 
on which a potter molds his ware. It hasatmg 
or trough in which the workman moistens his hands, and 
:i block-and-stock board on which he places the tile-mold. 
There are also four pegs driven into the table at the cor- 
nersof the block-and-stock board, to sustain the mold and 
regulate the thickness of the tile. 
mold-loft (mold'16ft), n. A large room in a 
ship-building yard in which the several parts of 
a snip are drawn out in their proper dimen- 
sions from the construction drawings. Also 
called modeling-loft. 
[The] various problems [of laying off) are solved upon 
the floor of a building known as the Mould Loft, where 
the drawings furnished by the designer are transferred In 
chalk lines In full size, and then by the aid of geometry, 
and in the manner discussed in the following pages, the 
draughtsman determines and draws in the shapes of the 
various component* of the frame. Moulds are made to 
the lines, ana with these moulds and other data furnished 
by the draughtsman the workmen are enabled to trim 
the timbers, or Iwnd the angle-Irons, and place such 
marks upon them as shall leave nothing but the putting 
together and fastening them in their places in order to 
construct the frame of the ship. 
Tlvarle. Naval Architecture, 1 1. 
moldmeatt, . [OSc. mouldmfte ; < 
meat 1 . Cf. moldale.] A funeral feast. 
moldnesst, monldnesst, . [MK. 
< mold 2 , ., + -nets.'] Moldiiiess. Cath. Aug., 
p. 244. 
Sections of Medieval Molding*. 
i, Norman style i a, Early English style ; 3. Decorated style ; 
4, Perpendicular style. 
riched by earring. In the architecture of the middle ages 
there is very great diversity In the form and arrangement 
of the moldings. In the Norman style they consist almost 
entirely of rounds and hollows, variously combined with 
splays and fillets, a striking peculiarity of this style being 
the recurrence of moldings broken into zigzag lines. In 
the succeeding English style, the early Pointed, the mold- 
Ings are much lighter and more boldly cut. In the Deco- 
rated style of the fourteenth century there is Mill greater 
diversity, and this period is further characterized by the 
Introduction of the roll-maiding, and another termed the 
leave-molding. In the Perpendicular style large and often 
shallow hollows prevail, and the moldings are in genera] of 
natter profile ana less effective than those of earlier perl 
ods. The moldings of medieval architecture are very com- 
monly sculptured with surface-ornament beautiful In de- 
sign and elaliorate In workmanship. See cuts under doff- 
tooth, double-cone, eijij, indented, keel'inolding, lozenge, fret*, 
3. Belt-molding, a molding passing entirely around the 
interior of a passenger-car, directly above the windows. 
Car-Builder't Diet. Dovetail-molding. See dovetail. 
Embattled molding. Sue rmlmiiled. Nail-headed 
molding. See nail-headed. Nebuly molding, in arch., 
a molding in Komanesque architecture the edge of which 
Nebuly Molding. Southwell Minster, England. 
forms an undulating or waved line : introduced in corbel- 
tables and archfvolts. Raking molding, a molding in- 
clined from the horizontal or vertical, as that which often 
follows the line of a staircase, the rail of an ascending 
balustrade, etc. 
molding-bed (mol'ding-bed), n. Amacbiuefor 
working rectilinear moldings in marble. A trav- 
eling frame carries revolving grinders, and Is adjustable 
vertically by a screw to the height required by the thick- 
ness of the marble. The grinders are solid cylinders of 
cast-iron, and are counterparts of the required moldings. 
molding-board (mordiug-bord), H. Same as 
ninld-lioiird. 
molding-box (mol'ding-boks), . In fouudry- 
irorl; a molding-flask. 
molding-crane (mording-kran), n. A crane 
adapted for use in a foundry in handling molds 
and flasks ; a foundry-crane. 
molding-cutter (mol'ding-kut'er), n. A tool 
working on the principle of the plane-iron or 
cutter of a hand-plane, the edge of which is 
formed by a bevel on one side of the tool. The 
edges of molding-cutters are formed to correspond with 
the outline of the cross-sections of the moldings to be cut, 
each cutter being adapted to only one pattern of molding. 
Thus, to cut a molding of semicircular cross-section, the 
edge of the cutter must be a semicircle of the exact size 
of the molding. Such moldings were formerly cut by 
hand-plaiting, but this is now almost entirely superseded 
by power-planing machines with rotary cutters. 
molding-file (mol'ding-fil), . A file with a 
concave face used for finishingmolded surf aces. 
molding-flask (mol'ding-flask), . 1. Same 
as Jlask, 2. 2. In dentixlry. a jointed recepta- 
cle in three parts, in which the vulcanite model 
and plaster mold are secured in making den- 
tures ready for the muffle. E. H. Knight. 
