Definition for TOIL

TOIL, n.2 [Fr. toiles, snare, trap; Ir. dul, a snare or gin; L. tela, a web; from spreading, extending or laying.]

A net or snare; any thread, web or string spread for taking prey. A fly falls into the toils of a spider. L'Estrange.

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