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Definition of Droil
1. v. i. To work sluggishly or slowly; to plod.
2. n. A drudge.
Definition of Droil
1. Noun. (obsolete) A drudge. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) Mean labour; toil. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Droil
1. to drudge [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: drudge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Droil
Literary usage of Droil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Law; Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States in Peace by Henry Wager Halleck (1861)
"(De Felice, droil de la Nature, etc., tome 2, lee. 25; Vattel, f)roit des Gens,
liv. ... 6, § 5; De Cussy, droil Maritime, liv. 1, tit. 3, § 24.) § 21. ..."
2. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"droil is used also for labour : Would yon would speak to him though, ... +Го droil.
To drudge. How worldlings droit for trouble I That fond breast That is ..."
3. International Law Codified and Its Legal Sanction: Or, The Legal by Pasquale Fiore, Edwin Montefiore Borchard (1918)
"droil des gens, liv. I, ch. I, § 7. Formerly, the principal European ... Cf.
Bonfils, droil int., §§ 182 el seq., and the full bibliography there cited. ..."
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