Definition of molt

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Molt () imp. of Melt.

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Molten :: Molten (p. p.) of Mel.
Magma :: Magma (n.) The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc..
Geat :: Geat (n.) The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mold in casting.
Mew :: Mew (v. t.) To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers..
Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal..
Tarrock :: Tarrock (n.) The young of the kittiwake gull before the first molt.
Smolt :: Smolt (n.) A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color..
Devitrification :: Devitrification (n.) The act or process of devitrifying, or the state of being devitrified. Specifically, the conversion of molten glassy matter into a stony mass by slow cooling, the result being the formation of crystallites, microbites, etc., in the glassy base, which are then called devitrification products..
Pole :: Pole (v. t.) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole..
Mew :: Mew (v. i.) To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance..
Bead :: Bead (n.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc..
Moulten :: Moulten (a.) Having molted.
Lade :: Lade (v. t.) To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.
Foyer :: Foyer (n.) The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
Moltable :: Moltable (a.) Capable of assuming a molten state; meltable; fusible.
Mute :: Mute (v. t.) To cast off; to molt.
Bessemer Steel :: Bessemer steel () Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process..
Run :: Run (a.) Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead..
Larva :: Larva (n.) Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time. The larvae of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larvae are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits, and are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, et
Exuviate :: Exuviate (v. i.) To shed an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on a new one; to molt.
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