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moil |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Moil \Moil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Moiled}; p. pr & vb n. {Moiling}.] [OE. moillen to wet, OF moillier, muillier, F. mouller, fr (assumed) LL molliare fr L. mollis soft. See {Mollify}.] To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile. Thou . . . doest thy mind in dirty pleasures moil. --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Moil \Moil\, v. i. [From {Moil} to daub; prob. from the idea of struggling through the wet.] To soil one's self with severe labor; to work with painful effort; to labor; to toil; to drudge. Moil not too much under ground. --Bacon. Now he must moil and drudge for one he loathes. --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Moil \Moil\, n. A spot; a defilement. The moil of death upon them --Mrs. Browning. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: moil v 1: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework" [syn: {labor}, {labour}, {toil}, {fag}, {travail}, {grind}, {drudge}, {dig}] 2: be agitated; of liquids [syn: {churn}, {boil}, {roil}] 3: moisten or soil: "Her tears moiled the letter"
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