toil

I

n

1. labor, travail, sweat of one's brow, Inf. elbow grease; moil, drudgery, grind, menial work; hard work, hard labor, slavery; exertion, effort, strain, struggle, laboriousness, plodding, Inf. plugging, pegging; industry, industriousness, operoseness, diligence.

v

2. work or work hard, slog, moil, drudge, grub, grind, put one's shoulder to the wheel, put one's nose to the grindstone; work one's fingers to the bone, slave or slave away, work like a slave, work like a dog, work like a Trojan, Sl. kill oneself; work day and night, burn the midnight oil, burn the candle at both ends, overdo, overwork, overexert oneself; sweat, struggle, Sl. beat one's brains out; peg away at, Inf. plug away at, Inf. hack away at, hammer away at; plod along, keep trying, persevere; force oneself, push oneself, strain oneself, exert oneself, make an effort, work at, apply oneself to.

II

n

1. net, snare, springe, gin, trap; mousetrap, lobster pot.

2.Usu. toils

trap, snare, pitfall, stumbling block; difficulty, problem, trouble or troubles, trials and tribulations.