The foam, or troth (top yeast), or the sediment (bottom yeast), of beer or other in fermentation, which contains the yeast plant or its spores, and under certain conditions produces fermentation in saccharine or farinaceous substances; a preparation used for raising dough for bread or cakes, and making it light and puffy; barm; ferment.
Spume, or foam, of water.
A form of fungus which grows as individual rounded cells, rather than in a mycelium, and reproduces by budding; esp. members of the orders Endomycetales and Moniliales. Some fungi may grow both as a yeast or as a mycelium, depending on the conditions of growth.
A spot; a blemish; a mole.
Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.
Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing substance; material.
A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter.
The matrix, or cavity, in which anything is shaped, and from which it takes its form; also, the body or mass containing the cavity; as, a sand mold; a jelly mold.
That on which, or in accordance with which, anything is modeled or formed; anything which serves to regulate the size, form, etc., as the pattern or templet used by a shipbuilder, carpenter, or mason.
Cast; form; shape; character.
A group of moldings; as, the arch mold of a porch or doorway; the pier mold of a Gothic pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts.
A fontanel.
A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand.
To cover with mold or soil.
To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion.
To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb.
To knead; as, to mold dough or bread.
To form a mold of, as in sand, in which a casting may be made.
To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
