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▪ I. † ˈmollet, n. Sc. Obs.
Also 6 molet, mol(l)at.
[a. OF. molete spur-rowel, also an ornamental stud imitating this: see mullet. Cf. molan.]
(? Originally, a boss or stud on a bridle-bit. Hence:) A studded or toothed bit for a horse; also mollet bit. Also mollet-bridle, a bridle having a bit of this kind (rendering L. frenum lupatum).
1503in Ld. Treas. Acc. Scotl. (1900) II. 206 Item, for ane molat bridill and ane tee, xij s. Ibid. 396 And for mollat bit, small bittis [etc.]. 1505Ibid. (1901) III. 135 Item, for ane gret mollet bit to the King, xiiij s. 1508Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen 349 Thar myght na molet [v.r. mollat] mak me moy, na hald my mouth in. 1513Douglas æneis vii. v. 196 Thair harnyssing of gold rycht deyrly dycht, Thai runge the goldin mollettis burneist brycht. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) II. 269 Makbeth..said, ‘This man wil not obey my chargis, quhill he be riddin with ane mollet bridil; nochtheles I sall gar him draw like ane avir in ane cart’.
▪ II. † ˈmollet, v. Obs. ? nonce-wd.
[f. prec.]
intr. To ride.
1529Lyndesay Complaynt 333 Bot, geue thay can play at the cairtis, And mollet moylie on ane Mule, Thocht thay had neuer sene the scule, Ȝit..Wyll be maid sic ane spirituall man. [Cf. quot. 1508 under prec. n.]
▪ III. mollet
obs. form of mullet. |