† countermoiln.
Obsolete.
Labour in opposition. (Somewhat contemptuous.)
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > striving in opposition
wragging?c1225
wraggling?c1225
countermoil1581
gainstriving1583
contrasting1688
counter-striving1710
combating1870
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 277 b Strong and..invincible agaynst all the battery and countermoyles of Heretiques.
Derivatives
counterˈmoil v. to work laboriously against.
counterˈmoiling n.
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1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 129 Undermined with the countermoyling of her outragious Pyoners.
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