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moil (v.)
"to labour in the mire" [Johnson], c.1400, from Old French
moillier
"to wet, moisten" (12c., Modern French
mouiller
), from Vulgar Latin
*molliare
, from Latin
mollis
"soft," from PIE
*mel-
"soft" (see
mild
). Related:
Moiled
;
moiling
.
moil (n.)
"toil, labor," 1612, from from
moil
(v.).
