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Moult

noun
1.
Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles.  Synonyms: ecdysis, molt, molting, moulting.



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"Moult" Quotes from Famous Books



... grand richesse, dont je y fys grand noblesse, Terre, mesons, et grand tresor, draps, chivalx, argent et or. Mesore su je povres et cheitifs, perfond en la terre gys, Ma grand beaute est tout alee, ma char est tout gastee Moult est estroite ma meson, en moy ne si verite non, Et si ore me veissez, je ne quide pas que vous deeisez Que j'eusse onges hom este, si su ...
— The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. • Hartley Withers

... premier et le second volume de Merlin, qui est le premier livre de la table ronde, avec plusieurs choses moult recreative: aussi les Prophecies de Merlin, qui est le tierce partie et derniere: Lettres Gothiques, 2 tom. 4to., maroq. rouge, Paris, M.D.XXVIII. 1 ...
— Bibliomania; or Book-Madness - A Bibliographical Romance • Thomas Frognall Dibdin

... if thou wert not ashamed of me, I should be ashamed to be seen with a gay springal like thee. Why, they would say in the Chepe that Nick Alwyn was going to ruin. No, no. Birds of a feather must keep shy of those that moult other colours; and so, my dear young master, this is my last shake of the hand. But hold: dost ...
— The Last Of The Barons, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton



Words linked to "Moult" :   shake off, desquamate, shedding, drop, throw off, cast off, throw, sloughing, moulting, peel off, throw away, cast, molt, ecdysis



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