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|lshtext=<b>mŏlū&#774;crum</b>: i, n. [[mola]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A millbroom, i. e. a [[broom]] for [[sweeping]] [[out]] a [[mill]]: [[molucrum]], quo molae verruntur, [[quod]] [[Graeci]] [[μυλήκορον]] dicunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 140 Müll.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[handle]] for [[turning]] a [[mill]]: [[molucrum]], quo molae vertuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 142 Müll. dub.; al. teruntur; cf. A. [[supra]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[square]] [[log]] of [[wood]] at the [[place]] [[where]] sacrifices were offered, or [[where]] the [[mola]] salsa [[was]] sprinkled on the [[victim]]: Cloatius in libris sacrorum, [[molucrum]] esse, aiunt, ligneum (al. [[lignum]]) quoddam [[quadratum]], ubi immolatur. Idem [[Aelius]] in explanatione carminum Saliarium [[eodem]] nomine appellari ait, [[quod]] sub molā supponatur. [[Aurelius]] [[Opilius]] appellat, ubi molatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 141 Müll.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> = Mola, a mooncalf, [[mole]]: [[molucrum]] ... [[tumor]] ventris, qui [[etiam]] virginibus incidere solet, Paul. ex Fest. p. 140 Müll.