Definition for TUR-MOIL'

TUR-MOIL', n. [I know not the origin of this word; but it is probably from the root of the L. turba, turbo, turma, or of turba.]

Disturbance; tumult; harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult. There I'll rest, as after much turmoil / A blessed soul doth in Elysium. Shak.

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