mould

• The humans in particular look as though they have all been stamped from the same mould, which is partially a product of military costume: flight suits and shaved heads. —  Frames Per Second Magazine
• This is to prevent mould, which is dangerous to silkworms. —  KEEPER OF THE SNAILS
• Through the instrumentality of this solution, and the action of a current of electricity from a dynamo, copper particles separate from sheets of copper (called "anodes," which are also suspended in the bath) and deposit into the face of the mould, thus exactly reproducing the elevations and depressions of the form of type or illustrations of which the mould is an impression. —  The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing
• The sunshine wrapped itself in its old fine gilded gossamer haze and drowsed upon the verdant slopes; the green jewelled "Juny-bugs" whirred in the soft air; the mould was as richly brown as in Joel Quimbey's own enclosure; the flag-lilies bloomed beside the onion bed; and the woolly green leaves of the sage wore their old delicate tint and gave out a familiar odor Among this quaint company of the garden borders she spent much of her time, now hoeing in a desultory fashion, now leaning on the long handle of the implement and looking away upon the far reaches of the purple mountains. —  His "Day In Court" 1895
• 2.--STRIPPING PLATE METHOD OF DRAWING PATTERNS In this method the patterns are not rapped at all and are drawn in a practically straight line so that the mould is absolutely pattern size The stripping plate is fitted accurately to every outline at the joint surface of the patterns, obviously at considerable expense, and, of course, at the instant of drawing the patterns, supports the joint surface of the mould entirely. —  Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898

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