Figure 78: Mould: definitions

 

see for one occurrence of  modellus and one occurrence of modelo in the sense of mould:

Fig. 30: Latin: modellus

Fig. 31: Italian: modello – early records

 

 

der Model, der Modul

 

German Duden (here translated):

Hollow form for the establishment of pastry or for forming butter

Raised printing form for printing textiles or wallpapers

 

 

Mold

 

Encarta Dictionary:

 

a container that gives a shape to a molten or liquid substance poured into it to harden

a frame on which something is formed or built

an object that was formed using a muld

the shape or form of a mold

the general shape or form of something

a particular type that has a distinctive character or nature

a fixed pattern or framework of assumptions, especially when regarded as restricting

process of producing solid objects by pouring molten material into a shaped mold and allowing it to cool

 

Funk & Wagnalls:

 

A matrix for shaping anything in a fluid or plastic condition: distinguished from cast

that after which something else is patterned, or the thing that is molded

Form; nature; also, kind; character

The physical form; shape: now applied to the human form.

 

 

Other uses

 

Model

Medicine: An object formed or poured in a matrix or impression, as of metal, plaster, etc.

 

Mold

Dentistry: plaster copy of the set of teeth in order to construct and adjust a dental prosthesis

 

Moulding

Engl.  since 1327

Archit. since 1448

A raised or incised ornamental contour or outline given to an arch, capital, cornice, or other linear feature of a building

Woodworking, etc. since 1679

An ornamental contour or outline produced on wood either by carving or by the application of raised strips (esp. of a regular cross-section).

Hence: wood or other material, or a length of wood, etc., shaped for application in this way.

Also: a similar decoration worked in metal, esp. raised linear decoration around the circumference of a gun barrel; raised decoration on porcelain, etc

 

Moulage

 

„Mollage“ we find in French since 1415 (droit des mouleurs du bois), „moulage“ since 1680 (terme de potier).

In English „moulage“ appears first in 1886, in German perhaps around 1850, sometimes also: chromoplastic.

 

In the German Duden we read (here translated):

Imprint, cast, especially colored anatomic wax model (of organes).

 

In the Encarta World English Dictionary we read:

1. making of a cast of something as evidence the process of making of a mould or cast of something, e. g. a footprint, in the course of a criminal investigation

2. mould or cast a mould or cast made in the course of a criminal investigation

 

Bibliography for „moulage“:

model: special topics - Wachsbildnerei/ medizinische Modelle

esp.

Thomas Schnalke: Moulagen in der Dermatologie. Geschichte und Technik. Diss. Univ. Marburg 1986;
engl.: Diseases in Wax. The History of Medical Moulage. Chicago: Quintessence 1995.