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Meaning
Verb
●
To
toil
, to work hard.
●
To
churn
continually
; to swirl.
●
In British English:
To
defile
or dirty.
Noun
●
Hard work.
●
Confusion, turmoil.
●
A
spot
; a defilement.
●
In Glassblowing:
The
glass
circling
the
tip
of a
blowpipe
or
punty
, such as the
residual
glass
after
detaching
a
blown
vessel
, or the lower part of a gather.
●
In Glassblowing:
The
excess
material
which
adheres
to the
top
,
base
, or
rim
of a
glass
object
when it is
cut
or
knocked off
from a
blowpipe
or
punty
, or from the mold-filling process. Typically
removed
after
annealing
as part of the
finishing
process (e.g.
scored
and
snapped
off).
●
In Glassblowing:
The
metallic
oxide
from a
blowpipe
which has
adhered
to a
glass
object.
Name
●
Synonym of Ngan'gityemerri
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
moil
English
mollen
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Moile
Moyle
Labour
Labor
Toil
Work
Overblow
Scrap
Rhymes
Oil
Roil
Coil
Toil
Boil
Foil
Soil
Moil
Moel
Broil
Boyle
Spoil
Thoil
Hoyle
Choil
Moile
Recoil
Assoil
Despoil
Embroil
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