BEMOIL

Etymology

Verb

bemoil (third-person singular simple present bemoils, present participle bemoiling, simple past and past participle bemoiled)

(obsolete) To soil or encumber with mire and dirt.

Anagrams

• -mobile, Mobile, emboil, emboli, mobile

Source: Wiktionary


Be*moil", v. t. Etym: [Pref. be- + moil, fr. F. mouiller to wet; but cf. also OE. bimolen to soil, fr. AS. mal spot: cf. E. mole.]

Definition: To soil or encumber with mire and dirt. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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