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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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(Moulit,) Mowl(l)it, -yt, -yde, ppl. a. [ME. mowlid (Wyclif): cf. Moul v., Mould a. and Mouldnes n.] Of bread: That has become mouldy. —c1420 Wynt. ii. 1107.
Wytht aulde hose and rywine schone, And mowlyde [W. mowlitt, C. mowlyt] brede in kartis done a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 441.
For waillit wyne and meitis thou had tho, Tak mowlit breid, peirrie [etc.]
