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Moil, Northern Territory
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moil
جان کندن ،مرطوب کردن ،چرک کردن ،کار شاق
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moil
moire 波纹 网纹干扰
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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. thou doest thy mind in dirty pleasures moil.
moil
\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. now he must moil and drudge for one he loathes.
moil
\moil\, n. a spot; a defilement. the moil of death upon them. browning.
moil
v
1. work hard; "she was digging away at her math homework"; "lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig]
2. be agitated; of liquids [syn: churn, boil, roil]
3. moisten or soil: "her tears moiled the letter"
