Dictionary entry

Moil (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Moil, 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.

Moil not too much under ground. Bacon.

Now he must moil and drudge for one he loathes. Dryden.