{ } v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Molted or Moulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Molting or Moulting. ] [ OE. mouten, L. mutare. See Mew to molt, and cf. Mute, v. t. ] [ The prevalent spelling is, perhaps, moult; but as the u has not been inserted in the otherwords of this class, as, bolt, colt, dolt, etc., it is desirable to complete the analogy by the spelling molt. ] To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. & n. See Molt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having molted. [ Obs. ] “A moulten raven.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]