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moil
[ moil ]
verb (used with object)
- Archaic. to wet or smear.
noun
- hard work or drudgery.
- confusion, turmoil, or trouble.
- Glassmaking. a superfluous piece of glass formed during blowing and removed in the finishing operation.
- Mining. a short hand tool with a polygonal point, used for breaking or prying out rock.
moil
/ ³¾É”ɪ±ô /
verb
- to moisten or soil or become moist, soiled, etc
- intr to toil or drudge (esp in the phrase toil and moil )
noun
- toil; drudgery
- confusion; turmoil
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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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