English
Etymology
From Middle English 'mollen', 'to soften by wetting', from Old French 'moillier' with the same meaning, from Latin 'mollia panis', 'the soft part of bread', from 'mollis', 'soft'; from the Proto-Indo-European root 'mel-', 'soft'. Sense 3 of the noun is derived from the Hebrew word 'mohel' (ritual circumciser) and refers to the foreskin-like shape of the unwanted rim.
Verb
en-verb|moils|moiling|moiled
- To toil, to work hard.
#:I do not like to moil.
- To churn continually.
Noun
en-noun|s|-
- Hard work.
- Confusion, turmoil.
- An unwanted rim of glass left after blow molding in glassblowing.
Synonyms
labour, labor
toil
work
te:moil
vi:moil
zh:moil
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