Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Mouldy"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Mouldy
Of the Gibeonites it is said that "all the bread of their
provision was dry and mouldy" (Josh. 9:5, 12). The Hebrew word
here rendered "mouldy" (nikuddim) is rendered "cracknels" in 1
Kings 14:3, and denotes a kind of crisp cake. The meaning is
that the bread of the Gibeonites had become dry and hard, hard
as biscuits, and thus was an evidence of the length of the
journey they had travelled.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Moldy \Mold"y\, Mouldy \Mould"y\, a. [Compar. {Moldier}or
{Mouldier}; superl. {Moldiest} or {Mouldiest}.] [From {Mold}
the growth of fungi.]
Overgrown with, or containing, mold; as, moldy cheese or
bread.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mould \Mould\ (m[=o]ld), Moulder \Mould"er\, Mouldy \Mould"y\,
etc.
See {Mold}, {Molder}, {Moldy}, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mouldy
adj : covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy
(or musty) odor" [syn: {moldy}, {musty}]
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