toiling

English

Verb

toiling

present participle and gerund of toil

Noun

toiling (plural toilings)

Hard work.
- 2001, Bonnie Gulan, The Great Bible Dig: Excavation of the Scriptures, page 367:
  Can we perceive a person's works as the effects of miracles or as the results of blessings or as the effects of their own mortal toilings?

Middle English

Alternative forms

toilinge, toylinge, tolyynge

Etymology

From toilen +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtui̯linɡ/, /ˈtɔi̯linɡ/

Noun

toiling

(rare) A fight; strife (deadly discord between two parties)
(rare) The manufacture of leather using a person's teeth to draw on it.
(rare, law) The initiation of a lawsuit.

Descendants

English: toiling

References

“toiling(e, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.

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