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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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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › moilMoil Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   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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   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. / mɔɪl /.

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   1. To work hard; toil: men who moil in mines. 2. To churn about continuously: clouds moiling in the wind. n. 1. Hard work; toil. 2. Confusion; turmoil: "the dogs shooting past her in a moil of fur and flashing feet" (T.C. Boyle).

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   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.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishMOIL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   1. to moisten or soil or become moist, soiled, etc. 2.(intransitive) to toil or drudge (esp in the phrase toil and moil) noun. 3. toil; drudgery. 4. confusion; turmoil.

7. www.yourdictionary.com › moilMoil Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

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   Wiktionary. (glassblowing, blow molding) The excess material which adheres to the top, base, or rim of a glass object when it is cut or knocked off from a blowpipe or punty, or from the mold-filling process. Typically removed after annealing as part of the finishing process (e.g. scored and snapped off). Wiktionary.

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   Jun 2, 2024 · moil (third-person singular simple present moils, present participle moiling, simple past and past participle moiled) To toil, to work hard. ( intransitive) To churn continually; to swirl . ( UK, transitive) To defile or dirty.

9. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryMOIL definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary

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   1. to moisten or soil or become moist, soiled, etc. 2. (intransitive) to toil or drudge (esp in the phrase toil and moil) noun. 3. toil; drudgery. 4. confusion; turmoil.

10. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › english-wordMOIL - Find out everything about this English word | Collins

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    All you need to know about "MOIL" in one place: definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

11. www.oed.com › dictionary › moil_n3moil, n.³ & adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...

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