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Moulder vs Oulder - What's the difference?

moulder | oulder |

As a verb moulder

is to decay or rot.

As a noun moulder

is a person who moulds dough into loaves.

As an adjective oulder is

comparative of ould.

moulder

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To decay or rot.
  • * Mason
    • [Time's] gradual touch / Has mouldered into beauty many a tower.
  • *c.1855': John Brown's body lies a-'''mouldering in the grave, but his soul goes marching on! — Traditional, ''John Brown's Body
  • * 1841 , Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "The Rainy Day", Ballads and Other Poems
    • The day is cold, and dark, and dreary
    It rains, and the wind is never weary;
    The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,
    But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
    And the day is dark and dreary.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who moulds dough into loaves.
  • Anyone who moulds or shapes things.
  • A machine used for moulding.

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    oulder

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (ould)

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    ould

    English

    Alternative forms

    * auld, oul'

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (slang, Ireland) old, aged, long-established
  • * "The Ould Lammas Fair takes place in Ballycastle, Co. Antrim on the last Monday and Tuesday in August. It's one of the oldest fairs in Ireland"
    • The Ould Lammas Fair from irishcultureandcustoms.com
  • * "But, begonnies, in three months I was able to send home for the ouldest little girl--she was only nine years of age."Maguire, John Francis The Irish in America, CHAPTER XVI....concluded (1868)
  • * "maybe they'd come round you to play wid you, an' then what's the harum, barrin' they're not any o' the grown brats, as ould or oulder than yourself, that you're behoulden to keep at a distance"Banim, John The Nowlans , Vol. 1, Chap. 3 (1825)
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  • (slang, Ireland) term of denigration
  • * "Sonny'll tell you all about it, but pay no heed to him. He's only an ould goat anyway."Taylor, Patrick An Irish Country Doctor , p.85 [ISBN 0765319950] Macmillan (2008)
  • (slang, Ireland) term of diminution (often affectionate)
  • * for home entertainment they then have to endure the bloody Afternoon Show on RTE, all that bullshit about cookery and clothes and celebrity gossip, when all they want is an ould song from Johnny McEvoy.Lynch, Declan " Why those poor ould fellas deserved to have their say" Sunday Independent (October 14 2007)

    • Usage notes

    Used in s of popular speech.

    Derived terms

    * ould fella * ould one * Ould Sod

    Synonyms

    * old: See also * term of denigration: old, stupid, piffling, bloody * term of diminution: old, wee

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