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Molt   /moʊlt/   Listen
Molt

verb
1.
Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.  Synonyms: exuviate, moult, shed, slough.



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"Molt" Quotes from Famous Books



... be good galls, dood dallars, I mean, and no crying dallars. I heard somebody coming upstairs, and forgot I was in the country; and I was afraid of a visitor: that is one advantage of being here, that I am not teased with solicitors. Molt, the chemist, is my acquaintance. My service to Dr. Smith. I sent the question to him about Sir Walter Raleigh's cordial, and the answer he returned is in these words: "It is directly after Mr. Boyle's receipt." That commission is performed; if he wants any of it, Molt ...
— The Journal to Stella • Jonathan Swift

... did not molt a feather when the victors returned to camp flushed with their triumph, which, in the eyes of those inexperienced three-months men, had the dimensions of Waterloo. He did not know that in proportion as they magnified their ...
— The Red Acorn • John McElroy



Words linked to "Molt" :   peel off, sloughing, shake off, throw away, throw, throw off, desquamate, drop, shedding, cast, cast off



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