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    moil
    /mɔɪl/

    verb

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

    noun

    • 1. hard work; drudgery: "this night his weekly moil is at an end"
    • 2. turmoil; confusion: "the moil of his intimate thoughts"

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

    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.

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

    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.)

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryMOIL - All you need to know about it | Collins English Dictionary

    A complete guide to the word "MOIL": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › moilMOIL Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

    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 / verb. to moisten or soil or become moist, soiled, etc.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › moilMoil - definition of moil by The Free Dictionary

    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).

  7. en.m.wiktionary.org › wiki › moilmoil - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Jun 2, 2024 · moil (countable and uncountable, plural moils) (glassblowing) The glass circling the tip of a blowpipe or punty, such as the residual glass after detaching a blown vessel, or the lower part of a gather.

  8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › moilMoil - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    verb. be agitated. synonyms: boil, churn, roil. see more. verb. moisten or soil. “Her tears moiled the letter” see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Moil." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/moil. Accessed 28 Sep. 2024. Copy citation.

  9. www.yourdictionary.com › moilMoil Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary

    noun. moils. Drudgery; hard work. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.

  10. www.oed.com › dictionary › moil_n1moil, n.¹ meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English ...

    The earliest known use of the noun moil is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for moil is from 1611, in the writing of John Davies, poet and writing-master. It is also recorded as a verb from the Middle English period (1150—1500).

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

    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. This word is used in south-western English regional dialect, Irish English, and Welsh English. See meaning & use. How common is the word moil?