molecast
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]molecast (plural molecasts)
- A little elevation of earth made by a mole; a molehill.
- 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], published 1708, →OCLC:
- […] an Instrument much uſed in the West Country for the spreading of Mole-casts
References
[edit]- “molecast”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.