Moil

[320-4] _Moil_ is a Scotch word meaning _drudgery_.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Charles Herbert Sylvester

CUTPURSE (_Moil_), Mary Frith, the heroine of Middleton's comedy called _The Roaring Girl_ (1611).

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

Although the proud Dons are now passing the Moil, [1]

Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) 1824

Junius, v. _Moil_, says, "a French moile Chaucero est cibus delicatior, a dish made of marrow and grated bread."

The Forme of Cury A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390 Samuel Pegge 1750

Nor indeed is that other notion of Manetho at all probable, wherein he relates the change of his name, and says that "he was formerly called Osarsiph;" and this a name no way agreeable to the other, while his true name was Mosses, and signifies a person who is preserved out of the water, for the Egyptians call water Moil.

Against Apion Flavius Josephus 1709

Moil resident Lin Haybrockman lives opposite the primary school and said a strange man came through her gate and tried to approach children playing in her front yard last week.

NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2009

The last photograph shows the ruins of Castle Moil in the background.

Kottu 2008

The last photograph shows the ruins of Castle Moil in the background.

Kottu 2008

The last photograph shows the ruins of Castle Moil in the background.

Kottu 2008

The last photograph shows the ruins of Castle Moil in the background.

Kottu 2008