† countermoiln.
Obsolete.
Labour in opposition. (Somewhat contemptuous.)
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > striving in opposition
wragging?c1225
wraggling?c1225
countermoil1581
gainstriving1583
contrasting1688
counter-striving1710
combating1870
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 277 b Strong and..invincible agaynst all the battery and countermoyles of Heretiques.
Derivatives
counterˈmoil v. to work laboriously against.
counterˈmoiling n.
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1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 129 Undermined with the countermoyling of her outragious Pyoners.
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n.1581- well-living
- well-loaded
- well-lodged
- well-looked
- well-looked-after
- well-looking
- well-lost
- well-lotted
- well-loved
- well-lubricated
- well-lunged
- wheel-stone
- wheel-swarf
- wheel-sweep
- wheel-table
- wheel-tapper
- wheel-tax
- wheel-timber
- wheel-tire
- wheel-tooth
- wheel-top
- wheel-tracery
- wheel-track
- wheel-train
- wheel-tread