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Definitions for: Molt
[n] periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
[v] cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; of animals
Webster (1913) Definition: Molt, obs.
imp. of Melt. --Chaucer. --Spenser.
Molt, Moult Moult, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Molted or
Moulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Molting or Moulting.] [OE.
mouten, L. mutare. See Mew to molt, and cf. Mute, v. t.]
[The prevalent spelling is, perhaps, moult; but as the u
has not been inserted in the otherwords of this class, as,
bolt, colt, dolt, etc., it is desirable to complete the
analogy by the spelling molt.]
To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like,
as an animal or a bird. --Bacon.
Molt, Moult Moult, v. t.
To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed.
Molt, Moult Moult, n.
The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin,
etc.; molting.
Synonyms: ecdysis, exuviate, molting, moult, moult, moulting, shed, slough
See Also: cast, cast off, desquamate, drop, peel off, shake off, shedding, sloughing, throw, throw away, throw off
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