TRAVAIL (2)

travail (2). Travail, n. toil, work, labor, labor in childbirth

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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. 1. To labor with pain; to toil. “Slothful persons which will not travail for their livings.” Latimer.
2. 2. To suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor.