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toil(4)(dictionary)
toil 1, verb(dictionary)
toil 2, noun(dictionary)

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toil noun2. E16.
[Old French toile, teile (mod. toile) cloth, linen, web from Latin tela, from base also of texere weave.]
sing. & (now usu.) in pl. A net or nets forming an enclosed area into which a hunted quarry is driven, or within which game is known to be. Now chiefly fig. E16.
Shakespeare Anthony & Cleopatra As she would catch another Antony In her strong toil of grace. E. Birney Soldiers in the toils of civilian law for thefts.
A trap, a snare. rare. E17-E18.