Places well toiled and husbanded.
Holland.
[I] toiled out my uncouth passage.
Milton.
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Toil (?), n. [OE. toil turmoil, struggle; cf. OD. tuyl labor, work. See
Toil, v.] Labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or
mind, esp. the body.
My task of servile toil.
Milton.
After such bloody toil, we bid good night.
Shak.
Toil is used in the formation of compounds which are generally of
obvious signification; as, toil-strung, toil- wasted, toil-worn, and
the like.
Syn. — Labor; drudgery; work; exertion; occupation; employment; task;
travail. — Toil, Labor, Drudgery. Labor implies strenuous exertion, but
not necessary such as overtasks the faculties; toil denotes a severity
of labor which is painful and exhausting; drudgery implies mean and
degrading work, or, at least, work which wearies or disgusts from its
minuteness or dull uniformity.
You do not know the heavy grievances, The toils, the labors, weary
drudgeries, Which they impose.
Southern.
How often have I blessed the coming day, When toil remitting lent its
turn to play.
Goldsmith.
Toil"er (?), n. One who toils, or labors painfully.
Toi"let (?), n. [F. toilette, dim. of toile cloth. See Toil a net.] 1.
A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a
chamber or a dressing room.