Toil
(Toil) n. [OE. toil turmoil, struggle; cf. OD. tuyl labor, work. See Toil, v.] Labor with pain and
fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or mind, esp. the body.
My task of servile toil.
Milton.
After such bloody toil, we bid good night.
Shak. Toil is used in the formation of compounds which are generally of obvious signification; as, toil-strung,
toil- wasted, toil-worn, and the like.
Syn. — Labor; drudgery; work; exertion; occupation; employment; task; travail. — Toil, Labor, Drudgery.
Labor implies strenuous exertion, but not necessary such as overtasks the faculties; toil denotes a severity
of labor which is painful and exhausting; drudgery implies mean and degrading work, or, at least, work
which wearies or disgusts from its minuteness or dull uniformity.
You do not know the heavy grievances,
The toils, the labors, weary drudgeries,
Which they impose.
Southern.
How often have I blessed the coming day,
When toil remitting lent its turn to play.
Goldsmith. Toiler
(Toil"er) n. One who toils, or labors painfully.
Toilet
(Toi"let) n. [F. toilette, dim. of toile cloth. See Toil a net.]
1. A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.
2. A dressing table. Pope.
3. Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect.
[Written also toilette.]
Toilet glass, a looking-glass for a toilet table or for a dressing room. — Toilet service, Toilet set,
earthenware, glass, and other utensils for a dressing room. — Toilet table, a dressing table; a toilet.
See def. 2 above. — To snake one's toilet, to dress one's self; especially, to dress one's self carefully.
Toilette
(Toi*lette") n. [F.] See Toilet, 3.
Toilful
(Toil"ful) a. Producing or involving much toil; laborious; toilsome; as, toilful care. Mickle.
Toilinette
(Toi`li*nette") n. [F. toilinet. See Toil a net.] A cloth, the weft of which is of woolen yarn,
and the warp of cotton and silk, — used for waistcoats.
Toilless
(Toil"less) a. Free from toil.
Toilsome
(Toil"some) a. Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious; wearisome; as, toilsome work.
What can be toilsome in these pleasant walks?
Milton. — Toil"some*ly, adv. — Toil"some*ness, n.
Toise
(Toise) n. [F., fr. LL. tesa, fr. L. tensus, fem. tensa, p. p. of tendere to stretch, extend. See
Tense, a.] An old measure of length in France, containing six French feet, or about 6.3946 French
feet.
Tokay
(To*kay") n. [Named fr. Tokay in Hungary.]
1. (Bot.) A grape of an oval shape and whitish color.
