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molt (v.)
mid-14c.,
mouten
, of feathers, "to be shed," from O.E.
(be)mutian
"to exchange," from L.
mutare
"to change" (see
mutable
). Transitive sense, of birds, "to shed feathers" is first attested 1520s. With parasitic
-l-
, late 16c., on model of
fault
, etc.
