or MOLD, in the mechanic arts, a cavity cut with a design to give its form or impression to some softer matter applied therein; of great use in SCULPTURE, FOUNDRY, &c. See these articles.

in agriculture, a loose kind of earth, everywhere obvious on the surface of the ground, called also natural or mother earth; by some also loam. For an account of the nature and properties of this earth, see AGRICULTURE, Part I.