moil

(mo̵il)

intransitive verb

Dialectal to toil; drudge

Origin: ME moillen, to moisten, make wet < OFr moillier < VL *molliare, to soften < L mollis, soft: see mollify

transitive verb

Archaic to moisten or soil

noun

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intransitive verb moiled, moil·ing, moils

noun

Origin:

Origin: Middle English mollen, to soften by wetting

Origin: , from Old French moillier

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *molliāre

Origin: , from Latin mollia (pānis), the soft part (of bread)

Origin: , from

Origin: neuter pl. of mollis, soft; see mel-¹ in Indo-European roots

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