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A kind of high shoe anciently worn. [Written also moyle.]

An ornamental foliation consisting of more than five divisions or foils. [R.] See Foil.

= Aleppo boil.

A short or waste piece or knot of wool separated from the longer staple by combing; also, a similar piece or shred of waste silk.

Waste and knots of wool removed by the comb; combings.

An oil expressed from certain animal fats (esp. beef suet), the greater portion of the solid fat, or stearin, being left behind. It is mixture of olein, palmitin, and a little stearin.

To exceed in toiling.

To boil over or unduly. Nor is discontent to keep the mind Deep in its fountain, lest it overboil In the hot throng. Byron.

To weary excessively; to exhaust. Then dozed a while herself, but overtoiled By that day's grief and travel. Tennyson.

To boil or cook thoroughly. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

A deciduous plant; -- opposed to Ant: evergreen. J. Barton.

Same as Multifoil.

A kind of oil used in India for lamps, and for boiling with dammar for pitching vessels. It is pressed from the seeds of a leguminous tree (Pongamia glabra).

A term applied derisively to any literary or artistic work, and esp. a painting, done simply for money and the means of living. [Cant]

Four-leaved; having the leaves in whorls of four.

An ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils.

Same as Quarterfoil.

Leather softened by boiling so as to take any required shape. Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly hard, and hence was formerly used for armor. [Obs.] "His jambeux were of quyrboilly." Chaucer.

See Coil. [Obs.]

A choking coil.