Dictionary entry

Toil (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Toil, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Toiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Toiling.] [OE. toilen to pull about, to toil; of uncertain origin; cf. OD. teulen, tuylen, to labor, till, or OF. tooillier, toailler, to wash, rub (cf. Towel); or perhaps ultimately from the same root as E. tug.] To exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind, especially of the body, with efforts of some continuance or duration; to labor; to work.