moultermoltern.

Brit.

/ˈməʊltə/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊltər/

Forms: Middle English mowtare, 1600s mooter, 1600s–1800s moulter, 1900s– molter.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moult v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < moult v. + -er suffix¹.

A moulting bird or other animal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > moulting > bird that is

moultard1440

moulter1440

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 347 Mowtare or mowtard, byrde, Plutor.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Albrent, a young wild Ducke; also, (a mooter, or moulter,) the old one when she mootes, or hath cast her feathers.

1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery xxi. 162 Wild Ducks, called Flappers or Moulters.

1820 J. H. Reynolds Fancy 32 Have you not seen a pigeon, wheeling, fly Above a pigeon-house..; Lure one and all—the full-plumed and the moulter, The tumbler, and the carrier, and the poulter.

1985 Jrnl. Appl. Ecol. 22 7 (caption) Seasonal changes in the population density of upland geese..; flightless moulters.

1994 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 63 518/1 Once the individuals [sc. collembola] leave the moulting phase they have a high dispersal tendency—the probability to stop was 0·69 for feeders among the synchronized moulters.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

moulterv.¹

Brit.

/ˈməʊltə/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊltər/, Scottish English

/ˈmoltər/

Forms: 1500s–1700s (1800s– English regional) molter, 1600s moultre, 1600s 1800s moulter, 1800s mouter (English regional), 1800s mowter (English regional), 1800s multer (English regional), 1800s– mooter (English regional (northern)); also Scottish 1700s multer, 1800s mouter, 1800s– mooter.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: moulder v.

Etymology: Variant of moulder v., perhaps after molten adj.

Now Scottish and English regional.

1. intransitive. = moulder v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorate in condition [verb (intransitive)] > decompose, crumble, or melt away

melteOE

fleetc1384

dissolvec1420

unbindc1450

loosec1480

moulder1531

mirtlec1540

mould1542

moulter1568

mutter1609

mosker1612

disband1633

dust1636

dissipatea1676

deliquesce1792

decompose1793

disintegrate1817

1568 [implied in: T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 27 But passe thou not for moltring muck, the pestlent poole of woe. (at moultering adj.)].

1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) 70 The next showre of rayne maketh it [sc. the lime] to Molter and fall into dust.

1632 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. (ed. 3) iii. viii. 523 It [sc. religion] would have escaped and moultred [1603 mouldred] away betweene their fingers, if [etc.].

1680 J. Bunyan Life & Death Mr. Badman 301 He moultered away, and went, when he set a going, rotten to his Grave.

1700 E. Ward Insinuating Bawd 3 Beauty, like Money, 's made to be Employ'd; And not by Age to molter Un-enjoy'd.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) To Mouter, to fret, to fall off in consequence of friction or some similar cause... The term..is applied to friable stones, rotten wood, &c.

1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Moulter..to moulder; applied particularly to fallow soil.

1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester (at cited word) Bricks..are said to moulter with the frost.

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 213 Mooter, of soft stone, etc.: to crumble (away); to moulder.

2. transitive. = moulder v. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > cause to decompose, crumble, or melt away

dissolvec1384

consume1585

break1597

moulder1603

moulter1636

discoagulatea1658

open1686

disintegrate1794

decompose1841

1636 D. Featley Clavis Mystica lxvii. 864 The Sea-mew..is forced daily to repaire it [sc. her nest], because every day the violent assault of the sea waves moulter away some part thereof.

1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 135 Its onely Time..that hath bettered this Triumphal Arch, and moultered euen marble?

a1680 T. Shipman Carolina (1683) 3 The infection creeps into their Houses too. 'Twill moulter them to dust!

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) To Mouter, the same with mout awa'. [Mout awa', to take away piecemeal, S. nearly allied in signification to E. fritter.]

a1835 J. Hogg Tales (1874) 432 We might be mootering it [sc. money] away, spending it on this thing an' the ither thing.

1880 Border Counties Mag. 1 158 Willie had a very miserable-looking shovel over his shoulder; ‘mouted’ away on all the edges.

1935 W. Soutar Poems in Scots 17 They gang whaur grief has never gaen; Whaur love is mooter'd o' its micht.

†3. intransitive. = moulder v. 3. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] > decrease in quantity or number

wane1297

moulter1643

moulder1650

thin1779

weed1877

1643 Mercurius Cambro-Britannus No. 5. 5 The Earle of New-castles Army doth moulter away, and he is sick of te [sic] consumption of his Army.

1659 in S. Glover Hist. County of Derby (1829) I. App. 85 Afterwards they drew into a town, and moultered away, so that this morning there was not one left to appear.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

moulterv.²

Brit.

/ˈməʊltə/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊltər/, Caribbean English

/ˈmoː(l)ta/

Forms: 1600s moultring (present participle), 1600s–1800s (1800s– English regional) moulter, 1800s mouter (English regional (south-western)), 1800s– mowder (south-western), 1800s– mowlter (English regional), 1900s– molter (Caribbean).

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: moult v.

Etymology: Variant or alteration of moult v., perhaps after moulter n., or perhaps after moulter v.¹

Now English regional and Caribbean.

1. intransitive. = moult v. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > feather > [verb (intransitive)] > moult

moult1440

mew?1533

moulter1632

1632 S. Marmion Hollands Leaguer ii. iii Summer birds..that once a year..moulter.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. iv. i. 55 On the top of his Head, hath a horny Crown, which falls off when he moulters.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Moult or Moulter, to cast, or shed the Feathers, as Birds do.

1876 A. Parker Gloss. Words Oxfordshire Suppl. 90 That thar 'en's a mowlterin.

1891 C. Wordsworth Rutland Words (at cited word) We allus reckons it's best for the hens to moulter early in the season.

a1903 A. Bubb in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 178/1 The poultry are not looking well, they are moultering. [Gloucs.]

1970 H. Orton & P. M. Tilling Surv. Eng. Dial. III. ii. 491 Q[uestion] When hens start to lose their feathers, you say they..? Moulter. [Lincs., Leics., Rutland, Cambs.]

1986 TnT Mirror (Trinidad & Tobago) 19 Aug. 21 You must know when to give them tonics when they are moltering.

†2. transitive. = moult v. 3. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > feather > [verb (transitive)] > moult

mewc1380

displume1480

moult1530

moulter1648

throw1765

1648 J. Mayne Amorous Warre v. iii. 68 Flying Like Owles by Twilight, and moultring these our feathers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.1440

v.¹1568

v.²1632

单词	moulter
释义	moultermoltern. Brit. /ˈməʊltə/, U.S. /ˈmoʊltər/ Forms: Middle English mowtare, 1600s mooter, 1600s–1800s moulter, 1900s– molter. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moult v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < moult v. + -er suffix¹. A moulting bird or other animal. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > moulting > bird that is moultard1440 moulter1440 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 347 Mowtare or mowtard, byrde, Plutor. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Albrent, a young wild Ducke; also, (a mooter, or moulter,) the old one when she mootes, or hath cast her feathers. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery xxi. 162 Wild Ducks, called Flappers or Moulters. 1820 J. H. Reynolds Fancy 32 Have you not seen a pigeon, wheeling, fly Above a pigeon-house..; Lure one and all—the full-plumed and the moulter, The tumbler, and the carrier, and the poulter. 1985 Jrnl. Appl. Ecol. 22 7 (caption) Seasonal changes in the population density of upland geese..; flightless moulters. 1994 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 63 518/1 Once the individuals [sc. collembola] leave the moulting phase they have a high dispersal tendency—the probability to stop was 0·69 for feeders among the synchronized moulters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). moulterv.¹ Brit. /ˈməʊltə/, U.S. /ˈmoʊltər/, Scottish English /ˈmoltər/ Forms: 1500s–1700s (1800s– English regional) molter, 1600s moultre, 1600s 1800s moulter, 1800s mouter (English regional), 1800s mowter (English regional), 1800s multer (English regional), 1800s– mooter (English regional (northern)); also Scottish 1700s multer, 1800s mouter, 1800s– mooter. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: moulder v. Etymology: Variant of moulder v., perhaps after molten adj. Now Scottish and English regional. 1. intransitive. = moulder v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorate in condition [verb (intransitive)] > decompose, crumble, or melt away melteOE fleetc1384 dissolvec1420 unbindc1450 loosec1480 moulder1531 mirtlec1540 mould1542 moulter1568 mutter1609 mosker1612 disband1633 dust1636 dissipatea1676 deliquesce1792 decompose1793 disintegrate1817 1568 [implied in: T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 27 But passe thou not for moltring muck, the pestlent poole of woe. (at moultering adj.)]. 1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) 70 The next showre of rayne maketh it [sc. the lime] to Molter and fall into dust. 1632 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. (ed. 3) iii. viii. 523 It [sc. religion] would have escaped and moultred [1603 mouldred] away betweene their fingers, if [etc.]. 1680 J. Bunyan Life & Death Mr. Badman 301 He moultered away, and went, when he set a going, rotten to his Grave. 1700 E. Ward Insinuating Bawd 3 Beauty, like Money, 's made to be Employ'd; And not by Age to molter Un-enjoy'd. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) To Mouter, to fret, to fall off in consequence of friction or some similar cause... The term..is applied to friable stones, rotten wood, &c. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Moulter..to moulder; applied particularly to fallow soil. 1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester (at cited word) Bricks..are said to moulter with the frost. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 213 Mooter, of soft stone, etc.: to crumble (away); to moulder. 2. transitive. = moulder v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > cause to decompose, crumble, or melt away dissolvec1384 consume1585 break1597 moulder1603 moulter1636 discoagulatea1658 open1686 disintegrate1794 decompose1841 1636 D. Featley Clavis Mystica lxvii. 864 The Sea-mew..is forced daily to repaire it [sc. her nest], because every day the violent assault of the sea waves moulter away some part thereof. 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 135 Its onely Time..that hath bettered this Triumphal Arch, and moultered euen marble? a1680 T. Shipman Carolina (1683) 3 The infection creeps into their Houses too. 'Twill moulter them to dust! 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) To Mouter, the same with mout awa'. [Mout awa', to take away piecemeal, S. nearly allied in signification to E. fritter.] a1835 J. Hogg Tales (1874) 432 We might be mootering it [sc. money] away, spending it on this thing an' the ither thing. 1880 Border Counties Mag. 1 158 Willie had a very miserable-looking shovel over his shoulder; ‘mouted’ away on all the edges. 1935 W. Soutar Poems in Scots 17 They gang whaur grief has never gaen; Whaur love is mooter'd o' its micht. †3. intransitive. = moulder v. 3. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] > decrease in quantity or number wane1297 moulter1643 moulder1650 thin1779 weed1877 1643 Mercurius Cambro-Britannus No. 5. 5 The Earle of New-castles Army doth moulter away, and he is sick of te [sic] consumption of his Army. 1659 in S. Glover Hist. County of Derby (1829) I. App. 85 Afterwards they drew into a town, and moultered away, so that this morning there was not one left to appear. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). moulterv.² Brit. /ˈməʊltə/, U.S. /ˈmoʊltər/, Caribbean English /ˈmoː(l)ta/ Forms: 1600s moultring (present participle), 1600s–1800s (1800s– English regional) moulter, 1800s mouter (English regional (south-western)), 1800s– mowder (south-western), 1800s– mowlter (English regional), 1900s– molter (Caribbean). Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: moult v. Etymology: Variant or alteration of moult v., perhaps after moulter n., or perhaps after moulter v.¹ Now English regional and Caribbean. 1. intransitive. = moult v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [verb (intransitive)] > moult moult1440 mew?1533 moulter1632 1632 S. Marmion Hollands Leaguer ii. iii Summer birds..that once a year..moulter. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. iv. i. 55 On the top of his Head, hath a horny Crown, which falls off when he moulters. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Moult or Moulter, to cast, or shed the Feathers, as Birds do. 1876 A. Parker Gloss. Words Oxfordshire Suppl. 90 That thar 'en's a mowlterin. 1891 C. Wordsworth Rutland Words (at cited word) We allus reckons it's best for the hens to moulter early in the season. a1903 A. Bubb in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 178/1 The poultry are not looking well, they are moultering. [Gloucs.] 1970 H. Orton & P. M. Tilling Surv. Eng. Dial. III. ii. 491 Q[uestion] When hens start to lose their feathers, you say they..? Moulter. [Lincs., Leics., Rutland, Cambs.] 1986 TnT Mirror (Trinidad & Tobago) 19 Aug. 21 You must know when to give them tonics when they are moltering. †2. transitive. = moult v. 3. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [verb (transitive)] > moult mewc1380 displume1480 moult1530 moulter1648 throw1765 1648 J. Mayne Amorous Warre v. iii. 68 Flying Like Owles by Twilight, and moultring these our feathers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1440v.¹1568v.²1632
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moultermoltern.

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