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Definitions for MOIL
mɔɪlmoil

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moilverb

    work hard

    "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

  2. churn, boil, moil, roilverb

    be agitated

    "the sea was churning in the storm"

  3. moilverb

    moisten or soil

    "Her tears moiled the letter"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Moilverb

    Etymology: mouiller, French.

    All they which were left were moiled with dirt and mire by reason of the deepness of the rotten way. Richard Knolles.

    No more tug one another thus, nor moil yourselves, receive
    Prize equal. George Chapman, Iliad.

  2. To Moilverb

    Etymology: mouiller, French.

    Moil not too much under-ground, for the hope of mines is very uncertain. Francis Bacon, Essays.

    They toil and moil for the interest of their masters, that in requital break their hearts; and the freer they are of their flesh, the more scandalous is the bondage. Roger L'Estrange.

    Oh the endless misery of the life I lead! cries the moiling husband; to spend all my days in ploughing. Roger L'Estrange.

    Now he must moil, and drudge, for one he loaths. Dry.

    With thee ’twas Marian’s dear delight
    To moil all day, and merry-make at night. John Gay, Past.

Wikipedia

  1. MOIL

    MOIL (earlier known as Manganese Ore (India) Limited) is a miniratna state-owned manganese ore mining company headquartered in Nagpur, India. With a market share of 50%, it is the largest producer of manganese ore in India. MOIL operates 11 mines in adjoining districts of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. It has been ranked #486 among the 500 top companies in India and 9th in the Mines and Metals Sector of the Fortune India 500 list for 2011.In December 2010, the Government of India divested about 20% of its equity through an IPO. Of the 20%, the Indian Government's share will be 10%, and the Governments of Maharashtra and the Government of Madhya Pradesh will each divest 5% of the total equity. The central government holds 54% and the two state governments hold about 11% shares in MOIL. and the public holds about 35% shares. The shares were listed in 2011 at Rs. 440, went down to a low of Rs. 188 on 13 July and 15 February, before recovering currently to Rs. 351. The company issued one bonus share for every share held on 28 Sep 2017. The share price was about Rs. 140 in January 2021.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Moilverb

    to daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile

  2. Moilverb

    to soil one's self with severe labor; to work with painful effort; to labor; to toil; to drudge

  3. Moilnoun

    a spot; a defilement

  4. Etymology: [OE. moillen to wet, OF. moillier, muillier, F. mouller, fr. (assumed) LL. molliare, fr. L. mollis soft. See Mollify.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Moil

    moil, v.t. to daub with dirt.—v.i. to toil or labour: to drudge.—n. a spot: a defilement. [O. Fr. moiler (Fr. mouiller), to wet—L. mollis, soft.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of MOIL in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of MOIL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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