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 Mold·er, Mould·er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Moldered or Mouldered; p. pr. & vb. n. Moldering or Mouldering.]  To crumble into small particles; to turn to dust by natural decay; to lose form, or waste away, by a gradual separation of the component particles, without the presence of water; to crumble away.
    The moldering of earth in frosts and sun.   --Bacon.
    When statues molder, and when arches fall.   --Prior.
    If he had sat still, the enemy's army would have moldered to nothing.   --Clarendon.

 mouldered
      adj : slowly broken down or crumbled into dust; "layers of
            moldered leaves" [syn: moldered]