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moil

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moil  (moil)
intr.v. moiled, moil·ing, moils
1. To toil; slave.
2. To churn about continuously.
n.
1. Toil; drudgery.
2. Confusion; turmoil.

[Middle English mollen, to soften by wetting, from Old French moillier, from Vulgar Latin *mollire, from Latin mollia (pnis), the soft part (of bread), from neuter pl. of mollis, soft; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots.]

moiler n.
moiling·ly adv.

moil [mɔɪl] Archaic or dialect
vb
1. to moisten or soil or become moist, soiled, etc.
2. (intr) to toil or drudge (esp in the phrase toil and moil)
n
1. toil; drudgery
2. confusion; turmoil
[C14 (to moisten; later: to work hard in unpleasantly wet conditions) from Old French moillier, ultimately from Latin mollis soft]
moiler  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.moilmoil - work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
do work, work - be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"
2.moil - be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm"
seethe, roll - boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled"
move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
3.moil - moisten or soil; "Her tears moiled the letter"
smear - stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance


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But moil not too much under ground; for the hope of mines is very uncertain, and useth to make the planters lazy, in other things.
I shall have to toil and moil all my days, with only little bits of fun now and then, and get old and ugly and sour, because I'm poor and can't enjoy my life as other girls do.
"November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh;* The short'ning winter-day is near a close; The miry bests retreating frae the pleugh; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose; The toil-worn Cotter Frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend.
 
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