WordWeight : Weighing the Words

Pronunciation : Molt
Part of Speech : obs.imp.
Definition : Defn: of Melt. Chaucer. Spenser.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Molt, Moult
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. mouten, L. mutare. See Mew to molt, and cf. Mute, v. t.] [The prevalent spelling is, perhaps, moult; but as the u has not been inserted in the otherwords of this class, as, bolt, colt, dolt, etc., it is desirable to complete the analogy by the spelli
Definition : Defn: To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird. Bacon.

i. [imp. & p. p. Molted or Moulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Molting or Moulting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Molt, Moult
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Molt, Moult
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913