A Topical Dictionary: Search for toil

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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WordNet toil
n : productive work (especially physical work done for wages);
"his labor did not require a great deal of skill" [syn: labor,
labour]
v : work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework";
"Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labor, labour,
fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil]

Moby Dictionary
bait , be employed , birdlime , bola , burden , carry on business ,
cobweb , cramp , cripple , cumber , dig , dirty work , do business ,
donkeywork , dragnet , drive , drudge , drudgery , embarrass ,
employment , encumber , enmesh , ensnarl , entangle , entoil , entrammel ,
entrap , entwine , fag , fatigue , fetter , fishhook , fly ,
follow a trade , gill net , grind , ground bait , grub , hammer ,
hammer away , hamper , hamstring , handicap , handiwork , handwork ,
have a job , hobble , hook , impede , industry , involve , jig , keep up ,
labor , lame , lariat , lasso , lick , lick of work , lime , lumber , lure ,
manual labor , meshes , moil , moonlight , muck , net , noose , peg ,
peg away , plod , plug , plug along , plug away , pound away , pound net ,
practice a profession , press down , purse seine , rat race ,
saddle with , scut work , seine , set up shop , shackle , slave ,
slavery , slog , slogging , slop , snare , snarl , sniggle , spadework ,
spinner , springe , squid , stay employed , stodge , strain , strive ,
stroke , stroke of work , sweat , tangle , task , tiresome work , toils ,
trammel , transact business , trash , travail , trawl , treadmill ,
trudge , tug , wade through , weigh down , wobbler , work , work at ,
work away , work for

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