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   Moil

   /moil/

   

   verb

   • 1. work hard: "men who moiled for gold"
   • ▪ move around in confusion or agitation: "a crowd of men and women moiled in the smoky haze"

   noun

   • 1. hard work; drudgery.
   • ▪ turmoil; confusion: "the moil of his intimate thoughts"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘moisten or bedaub’): from Old French moillier ‘paddle in mud, moisten’, based on Latin mollis ‘soft’. The sense ‘work’ dates from the mid 16th century, often in the phrase toil and moil.

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   What does Moil mean in English?

   • A more immediate ancestor of moil is the Anglo-French verb moiller, meaning "to make wet, dampen," and one of the early meanings of moil in English was "to become wet and muddy." The "work hard" sense of moil appears most frequently in the pairing "toil and moil." Both moil and toil can also be nouns meaning "work."

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   What does Moiled mean?

   • Define moiled. moiled synonyms, moiled pronunciation, moiled translation, English dictionary definition of moiled. intr.v. moiled , moil·ing , moils 1. To work hard; toil: men who moil in mines. 2. To churn about continuously: clouds moiling in the wind. n. 1.

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   What does Moile mean?

   • Define moile. moile synonyms, moile pronunciation, moile translation, English dictionary definition of moile. n a type of rice pudding made with almond milk Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991,...

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   Where did the word Moil come from?

   • The earliest known use of the word moil is in the 1840s. OED's earliest evidence for moil is from 1847, in a glossary by Henry Gough. moil is of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Irish. Partly a borrowing from Welsh. Etymons: Irish maol; Welsh moel.

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   3 days ago · 4 meanings: 1. to moisten or soil or become moist, soiled, etc 2. to toil or drudge (esp in the phrase toil and moil) 3. toil;.... Click for more definitions.

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   Definitions of 'moil' 1. Dialectal. to toil; drudge. [...] 2. Archaic. to moisten or soil. [...] 3. drudgery; hard work. [...] 4. confusion; turmoil. [...] More. Conjugations of 'moil' present simple: I moil, you moil [...] past simple: I moiled, you moiled [...] past participle: moiled. More. Synonyms of 'moil' • drudge, toil, work, labour [...]

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   Moil definition: to work hard; drudge. . See examples of MOIL used in a sentence.

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   Moil - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com. moil. /mɔɪl/ IPA guide. Other forms: moiling; moiled; moils. Definitions of moil. verb. work hard. synonyms: dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, toil, travail. see more. verb. be agitated. synonyms: boil, churn, roil. see more. verb. moisten or soil. “Her tears moiled the letter” see more.

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   noun. 1. : hard work : drudgery. 2. : confusion, turmoil. Did you know? Moil may mean "to work hard" but its origins are the opposite of hard; it ultimately derives from Latin mollis, meaning "soft." (Other English derivatives of mollis are emollient, mollify, and mollusk .)

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   What does the noun moil mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun moil . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   What does the word moil mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word moil . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.