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Moil \Moil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Moiled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Moiling}.] [OE. moillen to wet, OF. moillier, muillier, F.
mouller, fr. (assumed) LL. molliare, fr. L. mollis soft. See
{Mollify}.]
To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile.
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Thou . . . doest thy mind in dirty pleasures moil.
--Spenser.
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Moil \Moil\, v. i. [From {Moil} to daub; prob. from the idea of
struggling through the wet.]
To soil one's self with severe labor; to work with painful
effort; to labor; to toil; to drudge.
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Moil not too much under ground. --Bacon.
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Now he must moil and drudge for one he loathes.
--Dryden.
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Moil \Moil\, n.
A spot; a defilement.
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The moil of death upon them. --Mrs.
Browning.
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