4. To be in travail; to suffer the pangs of childbirth.

5. (Naut.) To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.

Totten.

La"bor, v. t. [F. labourer, L. laborare.] 1. To work at; to work; to

till; to cultivate by toil.

The most excellent lands are lying fallow, or only labored by

children.

W. Tooke.

2. To form or fabricate with toil, exertion, or care. "To labor arms

for Troy." Dryden.

3. To prosecute, or perfect, with effort; to urge strenuously; as, to

labor a point or argument.

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