v. i. To toil. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pg. moeda d'ouro, lit., coin of gold. Cf. Money, and Aureate. ] A gold coin of Portugal, valued at about 27s. sterling. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
The more beautiful moiety of his majesty's subject. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A spot; a defilement. [ 1913 Webster ]
The moil of death upon them. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Thou . . . doest thy mind in dirty pleasures moil. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Moil not too much under ground. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Now he must moil and drudge for one he loathes. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. mule a slipper. ] A kind of high shoe anciently worn.
‖n. [ F. ] (Fort.) A small flat bastion, raised in the middle of an overlong curtain. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr.
‖n.
Moire antique,