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moil

  [moil]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to work hard; drudge.
2. to whirl or churn ceaselessly; twist; eddy.
–verb (used with object)
3. Archaic. to wet or smear.
–noun
4. hard work or drudgery.
5. confusion, turmoil, or trouble.
6. Glassmaking. a superfluous piece of glass formed during blowing and removed in the finishing operation.
7. Mining. a short hand tool with a polygonal point, used for breaking or prying out rock.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME moillen to make or get wet and muddy < MF moillier < VL *molliāre, deriv. of L mollis soft

Related forms:
moiler, noun
moil⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

moit

  [moit]
–noun
1. a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
–verb (used with object)
2. to remove moits from (wool).
Also, mote.

Origin:
1860–65; orig. sp. var. (N England) of mote 1 , with silent -i-, which served only to mark the o long; but by sp. pron. -oi- now has its usual value
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moil   (moil)   
intr.v.   moiled, moil·ing, moils

  1. To toil; slave.

  2. To churn about continuously.

n.  

  1. Toil; drudgery.

  2. Confusion; turmoil.


[Middle English mollen, to soften by wetting, from Old French moillier, from Vulgar Latin *molliāre, from Latin mollia (pānis), the soft part (of bread), from neuter pl. of mollis, soft; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
moil'er n., moil'ing·ly adv.
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Main Entry:  moi?
Part of Speech:  interj
Definition:  me? myself?
Example:  Impatient? Moi?
Etymology:  French 'me'
Usage:  used humorously to deflect guilt
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
MOIL
Marine Operations and Instrumentation Laboratory
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