See Also: perradial(medicine)
perradial(dictionary)
toil(1)(dictionary)
toil(2)(dictionary)
toil(3)(dictionary)
toil(4)(dictionary)
toil 1, verb(dictionary)
toil 2, noun(dictionary)

toil 2, noun (oh) and perradial (iou)


toil 2, noun (oh)



2 n [U] formal
[Sense: 1; Date: 1300-1400; Language: Anglo-French; Origin: toyl, from Old French toeil 'battle, confusion', from toeillier; TOIL1]
[Sense: 2; Date: 1500-1600; Origin: toil 'net' (16-19 centuries), from French toile; TOILET]
hard unpleasant work done over a long period
::a life of toil
the toils of sth
literary if you are caught in the toils of an unpleasant feeling or situation, you are trapped by it

perradial (iou)



perradial adjective. L19.
[from mod. Latin perradius (formed as PER-1 + RADIUS) + -AL1.]
Zoology. Pertaining to the primary rays or axes in certain coelenterates; primarily radial.