Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Middle English form of mull.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Mus.) Lower by a semitone; flat.

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  • adjective music, obsolete flat; lowered by a semitone

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  • noun small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits

Etymologies

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See moll.

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Examples

  • 'Beurré' pour 'ivre' est un mot d'argot qui est une simple déformation de 'bourré' liée à l'image du beurre, la personne soûle étant molle ou parlant 'gras'.

    The French word for plastered drunk... - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • These azaleas are hybrids of R. molle, R. calendulaceum, R. occidentale, and R. arborescens.

    Azaleas 2010-deciduous, that is « Fairegarden 2010

  • The following distinct tree and shrub communities have been described; Protea caffra; Acacia hereroensis; Olea europaea ssp africana - Pavetta zeyheri; Combretum molle; Buddleja saligna – Rhoicissus tridentata; Salix capensis; Diospyros lycioidis – Rhus pyroides and Acacia karoo – Protasparagus suaveolens.

    Vredefort Dome, South Africa 2009

  • As the sign put it at the booth for Dogfish Head -- Delaware's ever-experimental and envelope-pushing brewery -- Chicha is "a traditional Peruvian corn beer brewed with molle tree seeds, strawberries, and organic purple corn that we chewed to allow the ptyalin enzyme in our saliva [to] convert starch into sugar pre-boil."

    Gregory Daurer: Imagine a Great Beer City (Part Three) 2009

  • They include riverine woodland (Ficus sycomorus, Acacia xanthophloea); mixed Acacia closed woodland (A. tortilis, A. nilotica); broad-leaved woodland (Combretum molle, Zizphus mucronata) and Terminalia sericea - Strychnos woodland and scrub.

    Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, South Africa 2008

  • Whereas I liked the video at first I've now come to hate it because of it. uns3en machine molle ftw :D

    Music video inspired by retro logo design « Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog 2008

  • Udum et molle lutum, a moist and soft clay, is easily seasoned and perverted.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Sand Forest actually tends to occur as a matrix, with patches of forest surrounded by open savanna with woody species such as Terminalia sericea, Strychnos madagascariensis, S. spinosa, Acacia burkei, and Combretum molle.

    Maputaland coastal forest mosaic 2007

  • The rugged, rocky slopes of these mountains are dominated by white seringa (Kirkia acuminata), stemfruit (Englerophytum magalismontarum), Combretum apiculatum, C. molle, and common sugerbush (Protea caffra).

    Southern Africa bushveld 2007

  • Et le futur président poursuivait : Dans les banlieues déshéritées règne une terreur molle.

    Wednesday, November 30, 2005 As'ad 2005

  • They sort of do, it's called MOLLE (pr. Molly: MOdular, Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment).

    The Whippet #167: Just trucking right along McKinley Valentine 2023

  • They sort of do, it's called MOLLE (pr. Molly: MOdular, Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment).

    The Whippet #167: Just trucking right along McKinley Valentine 2023

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