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(), 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. Thou . . . doest thy mind in dirty pleasures moil. Spenser. 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. Moil not too much under ground. Bacon. Now he must moil and drudge for one he loathes. Dryden. Moil n.A spot; a defilement. The moil of death upon them. Mrs. Browning. スポンサード リンク
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