Trav″ail, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Travailed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Travailing.] [F. travailler, OF. traveillier, travaillier, to labor, toil, torment; cf. Pr. trebalhar to torment, agitate. See Travail, n.] 1. To labor with pain; to toil. “Slothful persons which will not travail for their livings.” Latimer.
2. To suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor.