It was a time of great travail. Faint and sick with travail and fear (Jeremy Taylor).
b) severe pain; agony; torture.Useful english dictionary. 2012.
travail — trav|ail [ˈtræveıl] n [U] written [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: travaillier to torture, work very hard , from Vulgar Latin tripaliare to torture , from tripalium instrument of torture , from Latin tri three + palus sharp stick ] also… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Travailous — Trav ail*ous, a. Causing travail; laborious. [Obs.] Wyclif. {Trav ail*ous*ly}, adv. [Obs.] Wyclif. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Travailously — Travailous Trav ail*ous, a. Causing travail; laborious. [Obs.] Wyclif. {Trav ail*ous*ly}, adv. [Obs.] Wyclif. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Travail — Trav ail, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Travailed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Travailing}.] [F. travailler, OF. traveillier, travaillier, to labor, toil, torment; cf. Pr. trebalhar to torment, agitate. See {Travail}, n.] 1. To labor with pain; to toil. [Archaic]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Travail — Trav ail, v. t. To harass; to tire. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] As if all these troubles had not been sufficient to travail the realm, a great division fell among the nobility. Hayward. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Travail — Trav ail (?; 48), n. [F. travail; cf. Pr. trabalh, trebalh, toil, torment, torture; probably from LL. trepalium a place where criminals are tortured, instrument of torture. But the French word may be akin to L. trabs a beam, or have been… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Travailed — Travail Trav ail, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Travailed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Travailing}.] [F. travailler, OF. traveillier, travaillier, to labor, toil, torment; cf. Pr. trebalhar to torment, agitate. See {Travail}, n.] 1. To labor with pain; to toil.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Travailing — Travail Trav ail, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Travailed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Travailing}.] [F. travailler, OF. traveillier, travaillier, to labor, toil, torment; cf. Pr. trebalhar to torment, agitate. See {Travail}, n.] 1. To labor with pain; to toil.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
piquer — [ pike ] v. <conjug. : 1> • 1130; lat. pop. °pikkare « piquer, frapper », d o. préromane et expressive I ♦ V. tr. A ♦ 1 ♦ Entamer légèrement ou percer avec une pointe. Un bouvier « armé d un aiguillon, pique ses deux bœufs bossus » (F. de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
mortier — [ mɔrtje ] n. m. • 1190; lat. mortarium I ♦ 1 ♦ Récipient en matière dure et résistante, servant à broyer certaines substances. Le mortier et le pilon. « le pharmacien pilait des poudres au fond d un mortier de marbre » (Maupassant). Mortier de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
