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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Moil

· IPA /mɔɪl/
01 v. t. To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile.
imp. & p. p. Moiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Moiling
  1. 1.
    To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile.
    “Thou . . . doest thy mind in dirty pleasures moil.” Spenser.
02 v. i. To soil one's self with severe labor; to work with painful effort; to labor; to toil; to drudge.
  1. 1.
    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.
03 n. A spot; a defilement.
  1. 1.
    A spot; a defilement.
    “The moil of death upon them.” Mrs. Browning.