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nkocharh (796 words)
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Esoteric BS, by bioskope
azd's Words, by azd
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Often used, poetically, in the phrase "toil and moil".
I live near Moil, a suburb named after an Aboriginal tribe.
Most of the words on that glassmaking list inspire that reaction, bilby. :-)
I'm glad reesetee's citation was about glassmaking.
In glassmaking, the moil is the unwanted top of a blown object. At the last stage in the forming process when the object is removed from the blowpipe, the glassmaker is left with a narrow opening that he/she does not want. After annealing the object, the glassmaker removes the top, usually by cracking off. The moil from a mold-blown object is often known as an overblow.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/moil says that moil was their word of the day on that most infamous day. When you read the meaning of this word it speaks for itself.