moil (redirected from moils)

moil  (moil)

intr.v. moiled, moil·ing, moils

1. To toil; slave.

2. To churn about continuously.

n.

1. Toil; drudgery.

2. Confusion; turmoil.

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[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.]

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moiler n.

moiling·ly adv.

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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

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	moil - work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" drudge, labour, toil, travail, fag, labor, dig, grind 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" roil, churn, boil 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