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Moil

Moil Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Moil? [v] moisten or soil; "Her tears moiled the letter" [v] be agitated; of liquids [v] work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Moil: boil \| churn \| dig \| drudge \| fag \| grind \| labor \| labour \| roil \| toil \| travail Related Terms \| Find terms related to Moil: agitation \| be turbulent \| bluster \| bobbery \| boil \| boiling \| brouhaha \| bubble \| bustle \| churn \| clamor \| commotion \| conturbation \| dig \| dirty work \| discomposure \| disorder \| disquiet \| disquietude \| disturbance \| donkeywork \| drive \| drudge \| drudgery \| ebullition \| embroilment \| employment \| excitement \| fag \| fatigue \| ferment \| fermentation \| fever \| feverishness \| fidgets \| flap \| flurry \| fluster \| flutteration \| foment \| fume \| fuss \| grind \| grub \| hammer \| hammer away \| handiwork \| handwork \| hubbub \| hurly-burly \| industry \| inquietude \| jitters \| jumpiness \| labor \| lather \| lick \| lick of work \| maelstrom \| malaise \| manual labor \| mill \| mill around \| nerviness \| nervosity \| nervousness \| peg \| peg away \| perturbation \| plod \| plug \| plug along \| plug away \| plugging \| pound away \| rat race \| restlessness \| roil \| rout \| row \| ruction \| scut work \| seethe \| seething \| simmer \| slavery \| slog \| slogging \| smolder \| spadework \| stir \| strain \| strive \| stroke \| stroke of work \| sweat \| swirl \| task \| tiresome work \| to-do \| toil \| travail \| treadmill \| trepidation \| trepidity \| tug \| tumult \| tumultuation \| turbidity \| turbulence \| turmoil \| twitter \| unease \| unrest \| uproar \| upset \| wade through \| work \| work away See Also \| do work \| move \| roll \| seethe \| smear \| work Moil In Webster's Dictionary \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. \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. \Moil\, n. A spot; a defilement. The moil of death upon them. --Mrs. Browning.

Moil Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Moil?

[v] moisten or soil; "Her tears moiled the letter"
[v] be agitated; of liquids
[v] work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

Moil In Webster's Dictionary

\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.


\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.


\Moil\, n.
A spot; a defilement.

      The moil of death upon them.             --Mrs.
                                               Browning.

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