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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024moil (moil),USA pronunciation v.i. - to work hard;
drudge. - to whirl or churn ceaselessly;
twist;
eddy.
v.t. - [Archaic.]to wet or smear.
n. - hard work or drudgery.
- confusion, turmoil, or trouble.
- Ceramics[Glassmaking.]a superfluous piece of glass formed during blowing and removed in the finishing operation.
- Mininga short hand tool with a polygonal point, used for breaking or prying out rock.
- Vulgar Latin *molliāre, derivative of Latin mollis soft
- Middle French moillier
- Middle English moillen to make or get wet and muddy 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: moil /mɔɪl/ archaic or dialect vb - to moisten or soil or become moist, soiled, etc
- (intransitive) to toil or drudge (esp in the phrase toil and moil)
n - toil; drudgery
- confusion; turmoil
Etymology: 14th Century (to moisten; later: to work hard in unpleasantly wet conditions) from Old French moillier, ultimately from Latin mollis softˈmoiler n |