Word of the Day for Friday, April 23, 2010
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moil \MOYL\, intransitive verb:
moil \MOYL\, intransitive verb:
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1. To work with painful effort; to labor; to toil; to drudge.
1. To work with painful effort; to labor; to toil; to drudge.
2. To churn or swirl about continuously.
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noun:
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1. Toil; hard work; drudgery.
2. Confusion; turmoil.
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Soon we will all be working under the moil of the B.O.'s socialist-Marxist agenda!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Moil comes from Middle English moillen, "to soak, to wet," hence "to soil, to soil one's hands, to work very hard," from Old French moillier, "to soften, especially by making wet," ultimately from Latin mollis, "soft."
Moil comes from Middle English moillen, "to soak, to wet," hence "to soil, to soil one's hands, to work very hard," from Old French moillier, "to soften, especially by making wet," ultimately from Latin mollis, "soft."
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