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. A spot; a defilement. [ 1913 Webster ]
The moil of death upon them. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. mule a slipper. ] A kind of high shoe anciently worn.