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2. An indefinite part; a small part.
Shak.

Moil (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Moiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Moiling.] [OE. moillen to wet, OF. moillier,
muillier, F. mouller, fr. (assumed) LL.
molliare, fr. L. mollis soft. See Mollify.]
To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile.

Thou . . . doest thy mind in dirty pleasures
moil.

Moil, v. i. [From Moil to daub;
prob. from the idea of struggling through the wet.] To soil
one's self with severe labor; to work with painful effort; to labor;
to toil; to drudge.

Moil not too much under ground.

Now he must moil and drudge for one he
loathes.

Moil, n. A spot; a
defilement.

The moil of death upon them.

Moile (?), n.


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