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  • 11moil — v. & n. archaic v.intr. drudge (esp. toil and moil). n. drudgery. Etymology: ME f. OF moillier moisten, paddle in mud, ult. f. L mollis soft …

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  • 12moil´er — moil1 «moyl», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to work hard; drudge. 2. to be in a turmoil; agitate. –v.t. Archaic. 1. to wet; moisten. 2. to soil; …

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  • 13Moil, Northern Territory — Moil Darwin, Northern Territory Shopping complex at Moil Population: 2,304 …

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  • 14Moil Castle, Argyll and Bute — Moil Castle near Campbeltown, Kintyre, Scotland Coordinates …

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  • 15moil — I. verb Etymology: Middle English mollen, moillen, from Anglo French moiller, from Vulgar Latin *molliare, from Latin mollis soft more at mollify Date: 15th century transitive verb chiefly dialect to make wet or dirty intransitive verb 1. to work …

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  • 16moil — moiler, n. moilingly, adv. /moyl/, v.i. 1. to work hard; drudge. 2. to whirl or churn ceaselessly; twist; eddy. v.t. 3. Archaic. to wet or smear. n. 4. hard work or drudgery. 5. confusion, turmoil, or trouble …

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  • 17moil — 1. verb a) To toil, to work hard. b) To churn continually. 2. noun a) Hard work. b) Confusion, turmoil …

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  • 18MOIL — Maynard Oil Company (Business » NASDAQ Symbols) …

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  • 19moil — Synonyms and related words: agitation, be turbulent, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, brouhaha, bubble, bustle, churn, clamor, commotion, conturbation, dig, dirty work, discomposure, disorder, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, donkeywork, drive …

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  • 20moil — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To exert one s mental or physical powers, usually under difficulty and to the point of exhaustion: drive, fag, labor, strain1, strive, sweat, toil, travail, tug, work. Idiom: break one s back (or neck). See WORK. II… …

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