2. Parturition; labor; as, an easy travail.

Trav"ail, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Travailed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.

Travailing.] [F. travailler, OF. traveillier, travaillier, to labor,

toil, torment; cf. Pr. trebalhar to torment, agitate. See Travail, n.]

1. To labor with pain; to toil. [Archaic] "Slothful persons which will

not travail for their livings." Latimer.

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