moil

== English == === Alternative forms === moile, moyle === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɔɪl/ Homophone: mohel Rhymes: -ɔɪl === Etymology 1 === From Middle English mollen (“to soften by wetting”), borrowed from Old French moillier with the same meaning, from Vulgar Latin *molliō, *molliare, from mollis (“soft”). ==== Verb ==== moil (third-person singular simple present moils, present participle moiling, simple past and past participle moiled) To toil, to work hard. (intransitive) To churn continually; to swirl. (UK, transitive) To defile or dirty. ===== Derived terms ===== moiler toil and moil unmoiled ==== Noun ==== moil (countable and uncountable, plural moils) Hard work. Confusion, turmoil. A spot; a defilement. ===== Synonyms ===== (hard work): labour, labor; toil; work ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Of unclear origin; possibly from French meule or Hebrew מוהל (mohel, “ritual circumciser”), referring to the foreskin-like shape of the unwanted rim. ==== Noun ==== moil (countable and uncountable, plural moils) (glassblowing) The glass circling the tip of a blowpipe or punty, such as the residual glass after detaching a blown vessel, or the lower part of a gather. (glassblowing, blow molding) The excess material which adheres to the top, base, or rim of a glass object when it is cut or knocked off from a blowpipe or punty, or from the mold-filling process. Typically removed after annealing as part of the finishing process (e.g. scored and snapped off). (glassblowing) The metallic oxide from a blowpipe which has adhered to a glass object. ===== Synonyms ===== (excess glass): overblow (blow molding), scrap ==== See also ==== gather mold seam pontil mark === Anagrams === Milo, OIML, limo, milo == Bouyei == === Etymology === From Proto-Tai *ʰmwɯjᴬ (“bear”). Cognate with Thai หมี (mǐi), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩦ, Lao ໝີ (mī), Lü ᦖᦲ (ṁii), Tai Dam ꪢꪲ, Shan မီ (mǐi), Ahom 𑜉𑜣 (mī), Zhuang mui, Nong Zhuang mue. Compare Old Chinese 羋 (OC *meʔ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /moːi˨˦/ === Noun === moil bear (animal) ==== Synonyms ==== duezmoil == Scottish Gaelic == === Noun === moil m genitive of mol