Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Moulds

In the moulds. In the grave.

“After Sir John and her [the minister's wife] were ... baith in the moulds.” —Sir W. Scott: Redgauntlet (Letter xi.).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Mound
Mouchard
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