v. & n.
--v.intr.
1. work laboriously or incessantly.
2 make slow painful progress (toiled along the path).
--n. prolonged or intensive labour; drudgery.
Phrases and idioms:
toil-worn worn or worn out by toil.
Derivatives:
toiler n.
Etymology: ME f. AF toiler (v.), toil (n.), dispute, OF tooilier, tooil, f. L tudiculare stir about f. tudicula machine for bruising olives, rel. to tundere beat