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toil
1. A net, snare, or other anything that entraps or entangles; said to be archaic or literary; and it is often used in the plural form.
2. Etymology: A "net, snare", from Middle French toile, "hunting net, cloth, web"; from Old French teile; from Latin tela, "web, woven stuff"; related to texere, "to weave". Now used largely in the plural: "He was caught in the toils of the law."
3. Another application of toil and more often used, refers to toil as being hard exhausting work or effort; to progress slowly and with difficulty.
2. Etymology: A "net, snare", from Middle French toile, "hunting net, cloth, web"; from Old French teile; from Latin tela, "web, woven stuff"; related to texere, "to weave". Now used largely in the plural: "He was caught in the toils of the law."
3. Another application of toil and more often used, refers to toil as being hard exhausting work or effort; to progress slowly and with difficulty.
This usage is not related to the etymology of the "net, snare" meaning of "toil".
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“toil”
(Latin: work, toil)
(Greek: toil, labor, work hard, fatigue; exertion; also, suffering, pain)
(Greek: with difficulty, difficult; with toil and pain)