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Toil \Toil\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toiled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Toiling}.] [OE. toilen to pull about, to toil; of uncertain
origin; cf. OD. teulen, tuylen, to labor, till, or OF.
tooillier, toailler, to wash, rub (cf. {Towel}); or perhaps
ultimately from the same root as E. tug.]
To exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind,
especially of the body, with efforts of some continuance or
duration; to labor; to work.
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Toil \Toil\, v. t.
1. To weary; to overlabor. [Obs.] "Toiled with works of war."
--Shak.
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2. To labor; to work; -- often with out. [R.]
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Places well toiled and husbanded. --Holland.
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[I] toiled out my uncouth passage. --Milton.
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Toil \Toil\, n. [OE. toil turmoil, struggle; cf. OD. tuyl labor,
work. See {Toil}, v.]
Labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or
mind, esp. the body.
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My task of servile toil. --Milton.
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After such bloody toil, we bid good night. --Shak.
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Note: Toil is used in the formation of compounds which are
generally of obvious signification; as, toil-strung,
toil-wasted, toil-worn, and the like.
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Syn: Labor; drudgery; work; exertion; occupation; employment;
task; travail.

Usage: {Toil}, {Labor}, {Drudgery}. Labor implies strenuous
exertion, but not necessary such as overtasks the
faculties; toil denotes a severity of labor which is
painful and exhausting; drudgery implies mean and
degrading work, or, at least, work which wearies or
disgusts from its minuteness or dull uniformity.
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You do not know the heavy grievances,
The toils, the labors, weary drudgeries,
Which they impose. --Southern.
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How often have I blessed the coming day,
When toil remitting lent its turn to play.
--Goldsmith.
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Toil \Toil\, n. [F. toiles, pl., toils, nets, fr. toile cloth,
canvas, spider web, fr. L. tela any woven stuff, a web, fr.
texere to weave. See {Text}, and cf. {Toilet}.]
A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking
prey; -- usually in the plural.
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As a Numidian lion, when first caught,
Endures the toil that holds him. --Denham.
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Then toils for beasts, and lime for birds, were found.
--Dryden.
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