A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mold, Mould, n.2 [e.m.E. mold, mould, ME. mold(e (Ancr. R.), appar. metathetic var. of OF. modle (MF. molle, mole, mod. F. moule). The older Sc. form is Muld(e n.2]
a. A matrix. = Muld(e n.2 1.Also with qualifying words: see Knop n. 1 attrib., also Chopin n. and Muchkin n.15.. Balcarres P. V. 73 b.
Mouldis and casting ladillis ii a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xxxv. 63.
The mold is lost, vharin was maid This a per se of all 1687 Bk. O. Edinb. C. XXVII. 146, 7.
b. A templet. = Muld(e n.2 2.c 1598 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 15 a.
For moldes xxx s. 1617 M. Works Acc. (ed.) II. 73.
For 2 going over the watter for the plaisteris mouldis a 1700 Smith Old Lodge Dumfries 100.
[A mason or fellow] shall not make any mould, square or rule for any who is but a lewis
