moiled
simple past tense and past participle of moil
• doilem, dolime, meloid
Source: Wiktionary
Moil, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Moiling.] Etym: [OE. moillen to wet, OF. moillier, muillier, F. mouller, fr. (assumed) LL. molliare, fr. L. mollis soft. See Mollify.]
Definition: To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile. Thou ... doest thy mind in dirty pleasures moil. Spenser.
Moil, v. i. Etym: [From Moil to daub; prob. from the idea of struggling through the wet.]
Definition: To soil one's self with severe labor; to work with painful effort; to labor; to toil; to drudge. Moil not too much under ground. Bacon. Now he must moil and drudge for one he loathes. Dryden.
Moil, n.
Definition: A spot; a defilement. The moil of death upon them. Mrs. Browning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
