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Traditional English :: toil
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toil.html - v. & n. --v.intr.
1 work laboriously or incessantly.
2 make slow painful progress (toiled along the path). --n. prolonged or intensive labour; drudgery. toil-worn worn or worn out by toil. toiler n. [ME f. AF toiler (v.), toil (n.), dispute, OF tooilier, tooil, f. L tudiculare stir about f. tudicula machine for bruising olives, rel. to tundere beat] |
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Traditional English :: toile
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toil.html - n. 1 cloth esp. for garments. 2 a garment reproduced in muslin or other cheap material for fitting or for making copies. [F toile cloth f. L tela web] |
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Traditional English :: toilet
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toil.html - n. 1 = LAVATORY. 2 the process of washing oneself, dressing, etc. (make one's toilet). 3 the cleansing of part of the body after an operation or at the time of childbirth. toilet paper (or tissue) paper for cleaning oneself after excreting. toilet roll a roll of toilet paper. toilet set a set of hairbrushes, combs, etc. toilet soap soap for washing oneself. toilet table a dressing-table usu. with a mirror. toilet-train cause (a young child) to undergo toilet-training. toilet-training the training of a young child to use the lavatory. toilet water a dilute form of perfume used after washing. [F toilette cloth, wrapper, dimin. f. toile: see TOILE] |
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Traditional English :: toiletry
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toil.html - n.
(pl. -ies) (usu. in pl.) any of various articles or cosmetics used in washing, dressing, etc. |
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Traditional English :: toilette
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toil.html - n.
= TOILET 2. [F: see TOILET] |
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Traditional English :: toils
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toil.html - n.pl. a net or snare. [pl. of toil f. OF toile cloth f. L tela web] |
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