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amoulder

verb

Etymology

From a- + moulder.

  1. inherited from *melh₂-✻ — “to crush, grind”
  2. inherited from *muldō✻ — “dirt, soil; furry growth of fungi, mould”
  3. inherited from molde — “earth, soil”
  4. inherited from mold
  5. prefixed as amoulder — “a + moulder”

Definitions

  1. To moulder

    To moulder; to decay.

    • I can imagine thousands of the blue and the grey who long ago have amouldered in the grave, rising up to call the name of this man "blessed".
    • What his men most often sang, while they actually were marching through Georgia, was another, and of its kind a great song: —“John Brown's body lies amouldering in the grave, But his soul goes marching on. […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA