▪ I. ˈmoulding, vbl. n.1
[f. mould v.1 + -ing1.]
The application of soil to the stems and roots of plants; earthing-up.
| 1699 Evelyn Kal. Hort., Jan. (ed. 9) 13 Dress your Sweet⁓herb Beds..with a new Moulding every second Year. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 751 The moulding should take place in the early part of August. 1899 19th Cent. June 876 The potatoes want moulding up. |
▪ II. ˈmoulding, vbl. n.2 [f. mould v.2 + -ing1.] 1. a. The action of
mould v.
2; in various senses.
| 1327 [see moulding-board 1]. 1389 in Riley Mem. London (1868) 513 [That no one in the said trade shall make any manner of] moldyng, turnyng, ffilyng, garnesshyng [by night]. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 342/1 Mooldynge of paste, pistura, ducamen. c 1575 J. Hooker Life Sir P. Carew (1857) 116 Whether it were for the building of a house, the moulding of a ship..or [etc.]. 1594 Plat Jewel Ho. 49 The Art of molding and casting. 1608 Willet Hexapla Exod. 590 In the moulding, kneading and baking. a 1625 Fletcher Woman's Prize iii. iii, For there was never man without our molding, Without our stampe upon him. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 283/2 (Brick), The temporary product..[is] then passed through the pug-mill, after which it is generally ready for moulding. 1891 C. T. C. James Rom. Rigmarole 82 The moulding I have given to your character. |
b. Bodily form;
= mould n.3 10 b.
rare.
| 1814 Scott Ld. of Isles i. xxx, Wanderers of a moulding stark, And bearing martial mien. |
2. concr. A moulded object.
| 1727–41 Chambers Cycl., Moulding, any thing cast in a mould, or that seems to have been so, though in reality it were cut with a chissel, or the ax. 1844 Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. VII. 60/2 In this state the piece of iron is technically called a ‘moulding,’ and is completed in a tin-plate mill. 1857 Miller Elem. Chem. (1862) III. 593 Below 212° it [sc. gutta percha] becomes so soft that it may be moulded like wax..it will copy the finest lines with fidelity; beautiful mouldings..are thus made with great facility. |
3. spec. a. Archit. An ornamental variety of contour given to members or subordinate parts of a building, such as cornices, capitals, jambs.
† Also
occas., moulded work or ornamentation.
| 1643 Evelyn Diary 24 Dec., A stately pedestal..compos'd of various sorts of polish'd marble and rich mouldings. 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. ix. 394 An O.G. moulding for the Cornice. 1756 Burke Subl. & B. iii. vii, A much worse-proportioned room with elegant mouldings and fine festoons. 1849 James Woodman ii, The doorways and the two windows were richly decorated with innumerable mouldings. |
b. Carpentry, etc. A similar variety of outline in ornamental woodwork, effected either by means of carving or by the application of raised pieces following a definite outline or pattern; hence, woodwork shaped and prepared for application in this way. Also applied to the ornamental parts of a gun, or other metal-work.
| 1679 Moxon Mech. Exerc. ix. 169 Moldings are stuck upon the edges of stuff to Ornament it. 1769 Falconer Dict. Marine (1780) s.v. Cannon, If a cannon was without cascabel, trunnion, and mouldings, it would exactly resemble the frustrum of a cone. Ibid., Midship frame, The string, with the moulding under the gun-wale. 1802 C. James Milit. Dict., Mouldings, of a gun or mortar, are all the eminent parts, as squares or rounds, which serve for ornaments. 1839 Ure Dict. Arts 611 The finished leaves of gold..are then cut to one size, by a sharp-edge square moulding of cane, glued on a flat board. 1845 P. Barlow in Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 677/1 The ornamental beadings and mouldings, seen in many plated articles. 1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Par. Churches 220 A plain rectangular [notice-] board is the best; a simple moulding round the edge will do no harm. 1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 170/1 Fashion in picture frames..fluctuates greatly. Mouldings of the prevailing sizes and patterns are..manufactured in special factories. 1902 How to make Things 48/1 The edges of sides and bottom are concealed by the gluing on of strips of moulding. |
4. attrib., as
moulding basket,
moulding-box,
moulding dimension,
moulding-edge,
moulding-loft (
= mould-loft),
moulding machine,
moulding-mill,
moulding-plan,
moulding-plane,
moulding powder,
moulding-sand,
moulding-table,
moulding-trough,
moulding-wire,
moulding-work.
(For various others see Knight
Dict. Mech. (1875) and Lockwood
Gloss. Mech. Engin. 1888.)
| 1857 Miller Elem. Chem. (1862) III. 142 The dough is then drawn off into pans or *moulding baskets, and baked in the usual way. |
| 1837 Lond. Jrnl. of Arts IX. 269 The clay is introduced into the *moulding boxes from the hopper. |
| 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., *Moulding dimension, in ship-building, implies the depth or thickness of any piece of timber. |
| 1830 Hedderwick Marine Archit. 265 The sirmarks are sawn in on the *moulding-edge. |
| Ibid. 245 The platform or *moulding-loft being prepared, make a proper set of battens for describing the curve-lines on the floor. |
| 1890 Cent. Dict., *Molding-machine. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 25 Mar. 8/4 To meet the needs of the small foundry with a varied demand, a British firm has, however, introduced an adaptable molding machine which can be quickly and easily adjusted to take molding boxes and pattern plates of any size within a comparatively wide range. |
| 1858 Simmonds Dict. Trade, *Moulding-mill, a saw-mill or shaping mill for timber. |
| 1830 Hedderwick Marine Archit. 176 Directions for drawing the *moulding plans..of merchant vessels. |
| 1678 Moxon Mech. Exerc. iv. 70 There are several other Plains in use among Joyners, called *Molding-plains; as, the Round, the Hollow, the Ogee,..&c. 1964 W. L. Goodman Hist. Woodworking Tools 52 The remainder include moulding plane irons,..rebate- and shoulder-plane irons, and plough irons. |
| 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 560/1 *Moulding powder, the finely ground mixture of binder, accelerator, colouring matter, filler, and lubricant which is converted under pressure into the final moulding. 1957 Which? Autumn 9/1 Plastic frames should be made of optical sheet. The reason for this is that frames made from moulding powder are not so practical. |
| 1840 Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. III. 33/1 Where the operations are conducted with a black material, namely, the *moulding sand. 1930 Engineering 21 Feb. 247/1 Simple tests have been devised for regular daily foundry control of moulding sands. 1969 Bennison & Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles xii. 274 The Pebble Beds are followed by the Upper Mottled Sandstone ≡ Moulding Sand... The term moulding sand refers to their widespread use. |
| 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 315/2 Sable, a Molding Board or *Moulding Table, Argent; in chief a Dough knife, proper. |
| 1485 Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 51 *Moldyng trowghes. |
| 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. xxii. (Roxb.) 271/2 Tobacco Pipe makers Tooles... A *Moulding Wyer: it is to make an hole all though the length of the shank. |
| 1613–39 I. Jones in Leoni Palladio's Archit. (1742) II. 48 This Cornice seems to be big..; but it is the *Molding-work that makes it appear larger. |
▪ III. ˈmoulding, vbl. n.3 [f. mould v.3 + -ing1.] 1. The process of becoming mouldy.
| 1530 Palsgr. 640/1, I keep breed from moldyng and drinke from sowryng. 1617 Moryson Itin. iii. 82 This juyce..may long be preserved from moulding. 1707 Mortimer Husb. (1721) II. 56 The staking and binding it up to a pyramidical Form..heats the inward Branches..and occasions their Moulding. 1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts Ser. ii. 98/1 Where paste is to be kept for a long time, various ingredients may be added, to prevent souring and moulding. |
† 2. concr. Mould, mouldy growth.
Obs.| c 1610 Bodley in Reliq. B. (1703) 111 He should..with clean Cloths strike away the Dust and moulding of the Books. 1663 Gerbier Counsel 55 Green molding, which breaks through the whited walls. 1670 in Cosin's Corr. (Surtees) ii. 257 The bookes..will contract moulding. |
3. (See
quot.)
| 1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict., Moulding, the ore found on the top of veins near the surface of the ground. |
▪ IV. ˈmoulding, ppl. a.1 [f. mould v.1 + -ing2.] Mouldering.
| 1826 P. Pounden France & Italy 64 The stately pile..was then beginning to suffer from the moulding touch of time. 1907 Academy 23 Mar. 283/2 The moulding corpses. |
▪ V. ˈmoulding, ppl. a.2 [f. mould v.2 + -ing2.] Forming, shaping.
| 1848 R. I. Wilberforce Doctr. Incarnation v. (1852) 103 Under the moulding power of the Holy Ghost. 1885 Athenæum 25 July 105/2 The environment has more moulding force in early life. |