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Moiling

Moil \Moil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Moiling.] [OE. moillen to wet, OF. moillier, muillier, F. mouller, fr. (assumed) LL. molliare, fr. L. mollis soft. See Mollify.] To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile.

Thou . . . doest thy mind in dirty pleasures moil.
--Spenser.

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moiling

vb. (present participle of moil English)

Usage examples of "moiling".

More armed men were moiling about a huge bonfire, eating and drinking, while the drivers of war chariots dashed madly to and fro in the throng.

Somewhere down in that moiling envelope of methane, ammonia, and hydrogen were the Corviki.

Thrusting, toiling, wailing, moiling, Frowning, preaching--such a riot!

They rose early and delivered the papers and came back home and went out to the barn where they fed the horses and afterward the mewling moiling cats and the dog and then returned to the house and washed up at the kitchen sink and ate breakfast with their father and then went out again.

The cows were moiling and bawling and the dust rose in the cold air and hung above the corrals and chutes like brown clouds of gnats swimming in schools above the cold ground.