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▪ I. moiled, a. dial.|mɔɪld|
[f. moil a. or n.3 + -ed2.]
Of cattle: Hornless.
1839Hereford. Gloss. s.v., ‘A moiled sheep’ is a sheep without horns. 1855Morton's Cycl. Agric. II. 724 Moiled (Heref., Irish), without horns. 1879G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk. s.v. Moilled, My pretty mwoilled 'eifer.
▪ II. moiled, ppl. a.|mɔɪld|
[f. moil v. + -ed1.]
1. Hard worked; exhausted; oppressed with labour and toil.
1617–18W. Lawson Orch. & Gard. (1623) 48 The Horse and moiled Oxe wrought to an vntimely death. 1793Gentl. Mag. Dec. 1084 Moiled, troubled, fatigued. Sedgemoor. 1820Clare Poems Rural Life (ed. 2) 136 The rough rude ploughman,..While moil'd and sweating, by some pasture's side, Will often [etc.].
2. Made dirty or foul; soiled. dial.
1632Sherwood, Moiled in the mire, Enfangé. Ibid., Moyled, Souillé. 1839Hereford. Gloss., Moiled, dirty with wet mud. 1882W. Worcs. Gloss. |