˜yÐÄvlog

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moil

[ moil ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to work hard; drudge.
  2. to whirl or churn ceaselessly; twist; eddy.


verb (used with object)

  1. Archaic. to wet or smear.

noun

  1. hard work or drudgery.
  2. confusion, turmoil, or trouble.
  3. Glassmaking. a superfluous piece of glass formed during blowing and removed in the finishing operation.
  4. Mining. a short hand tool with a polygonal point, used for breaking or prying out rock.

moil

/ ³¾É”ɪ±ô /

verb

  1. to moisten or soil or become moist, soiled, etc
  2. intr to toil or drudge (esp in the phrase toil and moil )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. toil; drudgery
  2. confusion; turmoil
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¾´Ç¾±±ô±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾´Ç¾±±ôİù noun
  • ³¾´Ç¾±±ôi²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
  • ³Ü²Ô·³¾´Ç¾±±ô±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of moil1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English mollen, mulllen, “to make or get wet and muddy,†from Middle French moillier, from unrecorded Vulgar Latin ³¾´Ç±ô±ô¾±Äå°ù±ð, derivative of Latin mollis “s´Ç´Ú³Ùâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of moil1

C14 (to moisten; later: to work hard in unpleasantly wet conditions) from Old French moillier, ultimately from Latin mollis soft
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He was trained in the Jewish religious practice of brit milah — a profession generally spelled “mohel†in English and pronounced “moil.â€

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When animal droppings and garbage and spoiled straw are piled up in a great heap, the rotting and moiling give forth heat.

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Projects to moil over in the nursing home.

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In the case of election meddling, however, this country just joined a moiling crowd of the interfered with — and largely by us.

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In reality, much of that moil is a matter of perception.

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