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moil

v. கடு ஊழிய வேலைசெய்.


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Moil, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Moiling.] Etym: [OE. moillen to wet, OF. moillier, muillier, F. mouller, fr. (assumed) LL. molliare, fr. L. mollis soft. See Mollify.] Defn: To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile. Thou ... doest thy mind in dirty pleasures moil. Spenser. Moil, v. i. Etym: [From Moil to daub; prob. from the idea of struggling through the wet.] Defn: 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. Moil, n. Defn: A spot; a defilement. The moil of death upon them. Mrs. Browning.


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