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mould

Furlike growth caused by any of a group of fungi (see fungus) living on foodstuffs and other organic matter; a few are parasitic on plants, animals, or each other. Many moulds are of medical or industrial importance; for example, the antibiotic penicillin comes from a type of mould.
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In the one case a man can take the mould of any character; in the other, he is lifted out of his proper self.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
But chiefly, the mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
And in examining their actions and lives one cannot see that they owed anything to fortune beyond opportunity, which brought them the material to mould into the form which seemed best to them.
The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context
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