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• TOIL — index effort, endeavor (noun), endeavor (verb), industry (activity), labor (work), labor, persevere …   Law dictionary

• Over the Hills and Far Away (traditional) — Over the Hills and Far Away is a traditional English song, dating back to at least the early 1700s. One version was published in Thomas D Urfey s Pills to Purge Melancholy in 1706, a very different one appeared in George Farquhar s play The… …   Wikipedia

• toil — I n. hard work 1) arduous, unremitting toil 2) physical toil II v. (D; intr.) ( to work hard ) to toil over * * * [tɔɪl] unremitting toil (D; intr.) ( to work hard ) to toil over [ hard work ] arduous physical toil …   Combinatory dictionary

• toil — toil1 [tɔıl] v [I always + adverb/preposition] [Date: 1200 1300; : Anglo French; Origin: toiller, from Old French toeillier to disturb, argue , from Latin tudiculare to crush , from tudicula machine for crushing olives , from tudes hammer ] 1.)… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• toil — 1 verb (intransitive always + adv/prep) 1 also toil away to work very hard for a long period of time (+ at/over): I ve been toiling away at this essay all weekend. 2 to move slowly and with great effort (+ up/through/against etc): They toiled… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Over the Hills and Far Away (traditional song) — Not to be confused with the other songs of the same name. Over the Hills and Far Away is a traditional English song, dating back to at least the late 17th century. One version was published in Thomas D Urfey s Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge… …   Wikipedia

• Blood, toil, tears, and sweat — The famous phrase Blood, toil, tears and sweat was originally used by Theodore Roosevelt in an address to the Naval War College on June 2, 1897, following his appointment as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. [Walker, Martin, Makers of the American …   Wikipedia

• To draw over — draw draw (dr[add]), v. t. [imp. {Drew} (dr[udd]); p. p. {Drawn} (dr[add]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Drawing}.] [OE. dra[yogh]en, drahen, draien, drawen, AS. dragan; akin to Icel. & Sw. draga, Dan. drage to draw, carry, and prob. to OS. dragan to bear,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• To gain over — Gain Gain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gained} (g[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gaining}.] [From gain, n. but. prob. influenced by F. gagner to earn, gain, OF. gaaignier to cultivate, OHG. weidin[=o]n, weidinen to pasture, hunt, fr. weida pasturage, G. weide …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Intelligent design — This article is about intelligent design as promulgated by the Discovery Institute. For other uses, see Intelligent design (disambiguation). For the philosophical argument from design , see Teleological argument …   Wikipedia