moile

English

Pronunciation

Noun

moile (plural moiles)

  1. Alternative spelling of moil.

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English mollen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔɪl/

Noun

moile

  1. disorder
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 1-2:
      Ye state na dicke daie o'ye londe, na whilke be nar fash nar moile, albiet 'constitutional agitation,'
      The condition, this day, of the country, in which is neither tumult nor disorder, but that constitutional agitation,

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 116
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