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Moil
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A spot; a defilement. The moil of death upon them. Mrs. Browning.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile. Thou ... doest thy mind in dirty pleasures moil. Spenser.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.