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moil.

To toil, to work hard.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/mɔɪl/
  1. To toil, to work hard.

  2. To churn continually; to swirl.

    intransitive
  3. To defile or dirty.

    UK · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English mollen (“to soften by wetting”), borrowed from Old French moillier with the same meaning, from Vulgar Latin *molliō, *molliare, from mollis (“soft”).

noun/mɔɪl/
  1. Hard work.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Confusion, turmoil.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A spot; a defilement.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English mollen (“to soften by wetting”), borrowed from Old French moillier with the same meaning, from Vulgar Latin *molliō, *molliare, from mollis (“soft”).

noun/mɔɪl/
  1. The glass circling the tip of a blowpipe or punty, such as the residual glass after detaching a blown vessel, or the lower part of a gather.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The excess material which adheres to the top, base, or rim of a glass object when it is cut or knocked off from a blowpipe or punty, or from the mold-filling process. Typically removed after annealing as part of the finishing process (e.g. scored and snapped off).

    countable · uncountable
  3. The metallic oxide from a blowpipe which has adhered to a glass object.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Of unclear origin; possibly from French meule or Hebrew מוהל (mohel, “ritual circumciser”), referring to the foreskin-like shape of the unwanted rim.

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