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And far away the moil, the shout, the groan,

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  1. intransitive verb To toil; slave.
  2. intransitive verb To churn about continuously.
  3. noun Toil; drudgery.

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  • But 's tued an' moil'd 'issén deäd, an' 'e died a good un, 'e did Looök thou theer wheer Wrigglesby beck cooms out by the 'ill! —  The Book of Humorous Verse
  • The young to the broil and the moil, the old to the inglenook and the cup of wine beneath the shade Ah, lad, I envy ye not, think not that of puir Landless Jock," said the mollified old man, sadly shaking his head; "I also have tried the new office, the shining armour, and felt the words of command rise proudly in the throat. —  The Black Douglas
  • And there was Arthur, proposing to go yachting with Lady Dunstable!--while she might toil and moil--all alone--in this August London! —  A Great Success
  • When Roland sees what moil will be, Lion nor pard so fierce as he Archbishop Turpin looks around, Then forward pricks to higher ground He halts, he speaks; the French give ear: 'Lords barons, Charles hath left us here, And for our king we're bound to die; For him maintain the Christian cause; Behold! —  A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4
  • But with what event do they these things 2041] "Opesque totis viribus venamini At inde messis accidit miserrima They toil and moil, but what reap they? —  The Anatomy of Melancholy
 

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  1. Middle English mollen, to soften by wetting, from Old French moillier, from Vulgar Latin *molliāre, from Latin mollia (pānis), the soft part (of bread), from neuter pl. of mollis, soft; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also moile, moyle; from Middle English moilen, moillen, moylen, moisten, from Old French moiller, moiler, moillier, muiller, French mouiller = Provencal molhar = Spanish mollear, mojar = Portuguese molhar = Italian mollare, wet, moisten, from Latin as if *molliare, for mollire, soften, from mollis, soft: see moll. Connection with L. moliri, toil (see molimen), or with W. mael, toil, or with obsolete English moil, a mule, need not be assumed.
  2. from moil, v.
  3. Early modern English also moyle; from Middle English *moile, from Old French *moile, mule, a mule: see mule.
  4. from Old French *moile, mule, French mule = Spanish mula (also diminutive mulilla) = Italian mula, a slipper, from Latin mulleus (sc. calceus), a red leather shoe, from mullus (later Old French moil), a red mullet: see mullet.
  5. Origin obscure.
 

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