n.
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, to argue, struggle, from Anglo-French toiller to make dirty, fight, wrangle, from Latin tudiculare to crush, grind, from tudicula machine for crushing olives, diminutive of tudes hammer; akin to Latin tundere to beat ― more at CONTUSION
Date: 14th century
intransitive verb
1 : to work hard and long
2 : to proceed with laborious effort : PLOD
transitive verb
1 archaic : OVERWORK
2 archaic : to get or accomplish with great effort
– toil · er \ ' to ̇ i-l ə r \ noun