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Webster 1913 Edition


Bemoil

Be-moil′

,
Verb.
T.
[Pref.
be-
+
moil
, fr. F.
mouiller
to wet; but cf. also OE.
bimolen
to soil, fr. AS.
māl
spot: cf. E.
mole
.]
To soil or encumber with mire and dirt.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bemoil

BEMOIL'

,
Verb.
T.
[be and moil.] To bedraggle; to bemire; to soil or incumber with mire and dirt. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


bemoil

bemoil

English

Verb

bemoil (third-person singular simple present bemoils, present participle bemoiling, simple past and past participle bemoiled)

  1. (obsolete) To soil or encumber with mire and dirt.
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