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adjective
Date: 1603
1.
a. requiring hard work
b. industrious <moiling workers> 2. violently agitated ; turbulent • moilingly adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
moiling
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Moiling — Moil Moil, 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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
moiling — mɔɪl n. hard labor, drudgery; confusion, turmoil v. work hard, labor; be in a state of agitation; agitate, whirl … English contemporary dictionary
moiling — … Useful english dictionary
Moil — Moil, 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. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Moiled — Moil Moil, 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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
moilingly — adverb see moiling … New Collegiate Dictionary
moil — {{11}}moil (n.) toil, labor, 1612, from from MOIL (Cf. moil) (v.). {{12}}moil (v.) to labour in the mire [Johnson], c.1400, from O.Fr. moillier to wet, moisten (12c., Mod.Fr. mouiller), from V.L. *molliare, from L. mollis soft, from PIE *mel soft … Etymology dictionary
Latimer, Hugh — (c. 1485–1555) Bishop and Martyr. Latimer was born in Leicestershire and was educated at the University of Cambridge. He was consecrated Bishop of Worcester in 1535, having advised King Henry VIII during the break with Rome. However, as a… … Who’s Who in Christianity
turbulent — [adj1] unsettled, raging (referring to weather) agitated, bitter, blustering, blustery, boiling, bumpy, choppy, coarse, confused, destructive, disordered, disturbed, fierce, foaming, furious, howling, inclement, moiling, noisy, restless, riotous … New thesaurus
moilingly — adverb see moiling … Useful english dictionary
