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mouldwarps

mouldwarps is the plural of mouldwarp.

Meaning of mouldwarp

Noun

mouldwarp (plural mouldwarps)

  1. (archaic, regional) A mole, Talpa europaea.
    • For either they be puffed vp vvith pride, / Or fraught vvith enuie that their galls do ſvvell, / Or they their dayes to ydleneſſe diuide, / Or drovvnded lie in pleaſures vvaſtefull vvell, / In vvhich like Moldvvarps nouſling ſtill they lurke, / Vnmyndfull of chiefe parts of manlineſſe, / And do...1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Edmund Spenser], Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, signature D3, verso

Questions about mouldwarps

What is mouldwarps the plural of?
Mouldwarps is the plural of mouldwarp.

Words near mouldwarps in the dictionary

  1. mouldproof
  2. moulds
  3. moulds cocklebread
  4. Mouldsworth
  5. mouldwarp
  6. mouldwarps
  7. mouldy
  8. Moule
  9. Moules
  10. moules marinières
  11. mouli

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