moil
Hard workHard work.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)Hard work.
(countable, uncountable)Confusion, turmoil.
(countable, uncountable)A spot; a defilement.
(countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, uncountable)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).
(countable, uncountable)The metallic oxide from a blowpipe which has adhered to a glass object.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English mollen (“to soften by wetting”), borrowed from Old French moillier witFrom Middle English mollen (“to soften by wetting”), borrowed from Old French moillier with the same meaning, from Vulgar Latin *molliō, *molliare, from mollis (“soft”).
Of unclear origin; possibly from French meule or Hebrew מוהל (mohel, “ritual circumciser”), referring to the foreskin-like shape of the unwanted rim.
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plural: moilsSynonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable