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Definition of Molter
1. Noun. An animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair).
Generic synonyms: Animal, Animate Being, Beast, Brute, Creature, Fauna
Derivative terms: Molt, Moult
Definition of Molter
1. Noun. One who, or that which, molts or sheds. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Molter
1. one that molts [n -S] - See also: molts
Lexicographical Neighbors of Molter
Literary usage of Molter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"molter-MALT, ». appears to have been malt purchased of the miller, which having
been collected ¡it intervals and in small quantities, was probably of an ..."
2. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1887)
"Abbot A. Jenkins, a deputy sheriff residing in Clinton, was called by the
government, and testified that " John molter keeps ..."
3. New Cases Selected Chiefly from Decisions of the Courts of the State of New York by Austin Abbott, James MacGregor Smith (1881)
"molter. cise it. Even if it was the right and duty of the defendant, ... The action
was brought by Archibald M. Bliss against Julius F. molter, and others. ..."
4. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union by Robert Nicholson Scott, United States War Dept, Henry Martyn Lazelle, George Breckenridge Davis, Leslie J. Perry, United States War Records Office, Joseph William Kirkley, United States Congress. House, Fred Crayton Ainsworth, John Sheldon Moodey (1890)
"U', (molter 2, 1863—Hi m. Brigadier-General WOOD, Commanding First Division:
GENERAL : A heavy column of infantry has been passing from the enemy's right to ..."
5. Journal by General Assembly, Pennsylvania General Assembly. Senate, Pennsylvania (1901)
"So answers OLIVER P. molter, Sergeant-at-arms Senate of Pennsylvania. Received the
original copy of the within writ at nine o'clock AM. ..."
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