Middle English Dictionary Entry

mōld(e n.(3)
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Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) A pattern or model according to which something is made; mold in which metal, wax, food, etc. is shaped; of a (o) ~, shaped by the same mold, alike; (b) ~ makere, one who makes molds; ~ pece, ~ ston, a stone or piece of other material from which moldings are made; bacin ~, bras ~, dish ~, etc.
2.
Type of person, fashion, form; nature, character.

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  • a1500 Rwl.C.506 Artist.Recipes (Rwl C.506) 182/1 : Forto stayne with molde. The cloþe..þat mut be sett and ysteynyd with oyle colourys with molde mut fyrst be ywett in cole and aftyr ydryyd well and þan iwrowgt.
  • ?a1525 Dc.54 Artist.Recipes (Dc 54) 268/8 : [T]o stayne with molde, the clothe þat þu wylte stayne with molde mot be calendryt with cole or els yt wyll noȝt abyde on the clothe.
  • ?a1525 Dc.54 Artist.Recipes (Dc 54) 268/27 : [T]ake vertegresse and grynd yt smale, and temper yt with oyle..and then lay yt on thy mole; and þu wyll haue a lyȝt grene.
  • a1500 Sln.1698 Artist.Recipes (Sln 1698) 247/6 : Ley hit on þe cloþ with a molde of tree.
  • a1500 Ashm.750 Artist.Recipes (Ashm 750) 257/20 : Siz for coloryes for muldes. Tak .j. quart of lynsed oyle, [etc.].
  • Note: Glossary: "mulde, molde, mole n. 'printing block (literally 'mould')'." Cf. MED steinen v. with suppl. ~ with molde 'to [decorate clothe with coloured designs] by block-printing on a textile using a [mold]'." Cf. OED mould mold, n. 3, sense II. 9. b. 'A modelled or incised surface from which an impression can be taken.' See, also, Clarke's note 182/1 p. 363.
    Note: New sense. ?New cpd. or ?modify sense 1.(a).
    Note: New spellings = mole & (pl.) muldes.

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  • a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 60/17 : Whiche sope..ȝe schal take and gadre clene vp from þe canevas and put hit in moldes whiche ben ordeyned for þe same þynges, and þan late hit drie so vp in fayre cakes.
  • ?a1525 Dc.54 Artist.Recipes (Dc 54) 267/27 : Put yt yn moldys, bot loke they bene well weschyd with watyr before for els they wyll not out.
  • Note: Additional quots., sense 1.(a). New spelling (pl.) = 'moldis'.