toil2 (toil)

[Early mod. E. also toyl, toyle; There his welwoven toyles and subtil traines He laid, the brutish nation to enwrap. Pope , R. of the L., iii. 24. His best blue suit he wore with becoming calmne ; having, after a little wrangling, effected what was always the one point of interest to him in his toilette - he had transferred all the contents of his every-day pockets to those actually in wear. George Eliot , Mill on the Flo , i. 9. 6. The dre and make-up of a person: as, his toilet was not irreproachable; also, any particular costume: as, a toilet of white silk: in the last sense chiefly used by writers of "fashion articles." Few places could present a more brilliant show of outdoor toilettes than might be seen i uing from Milby church at one o'clock. George Eliot , Janet's Repentance, ii. There are a great many things involved in a girl's toilet which you would never think of; the dre is not all, nor nearly all. Mrs. Oliphant, Poor Gentleman, xv. 7. In surg., the cleansing of the part after an operation, especially in the peritoneal cavity. After the removal of the products of pregnancy the Spenser , Astrophel, 1. 97. toilet of the peritoneal cavity may be made by sponges, I long have hunted for thee; and, since now Thou art in the toil , it is in vain to hope Thou ever shalt break out. Fletcher (and another ?), Prophete , ii. 3. The Law of itself (reason) is but like a Toyl to a wild Beast; the more he struggles, the more he is in tangled. Stilling fleet, Sermons, III. viii. toile (twol), n. [F.: see toil2.] Cloth: used in some technical names. - Toile cirée, oil-cloth, especially that which is of very fine or rare quality: the French term, often used in English. - Toile colbert, a kind of canvas used for embroidery: same as con naught. Dict. of Needlework. - Toile d'Alsace, a thin linen cloth used for women's summer dre es. Compare toile de Vichy. - Toile de religieuse. Same as nun's-cloth or nun's-veiling. - Toile de Vichy, a linen material used for summer dre es for women, generally having a simple striped pattern. Dict. of Needlework. toilé (F. pron. two-la'), n. [F., toil2.] In lace - making, the closely worked or mat eral, as distinguished from the ground. part of the pattern; hence, the pattern in gen toiler (toi'ler), n. [Early mod. E. toyler; toill + -er1.] One who toils; one who labors in a wearying or unremitting manner. I will not pray for those goodes in getting and heaping together whereof the toylers of the worlde thinke themselfes fortunate. Udall, On Pet. i. toilet, toilette (toi'let, toi-let'), n. [Early mod. E. also toylet; A cloth, generally of linen. IMG:content-0524.png:[blocks in formation] Hence-2t. An article made of linen or other cloth. (a) A cloth to be thrown over the shoulders during shaving or hair-dre ing. Pleasant was the answer of Archelaus to the barber, who, after he had cast the linnen toylet about his shoul ders, put this question to him: How shall I trim your Majesty? Without any more ore prating, quoth the king. Plutarch, Morals (trans.), iv. 232. ( Latham.) (b) A cover for a dre ing-table, or for the articles set upon it. Now called toilet -cover. Toilet , a kind of Table-cloth, or Carpet, made of fine Linnen, Sattin, Velvet, or Ti ue, spread upon a Table in a Bed-Chamber, where Persons of Quality dre them selves; a Dre ing-cloth. E. Phillips , World of Words, 1706. towels, or a running stream of water from an elevated fountain. Buck's Handbook of Med. Sciences, II. 780. To make one's toilet, to bathe, dre , arrange the hair, and otherwise care for the person. toilet-cap (toi'let-kap), п. A cap worn during the toilet, perhaps on account of the absence of the periwig. I am to get my Lord a toilet - cap , and comb-case of silk, to make use of in Holland, for he goes to the Hague. Pepys , Diary, Sept. 13, 1660. IMG:content-0525.png:[blocks in formation] And then the long hotel piazza came in view, efflorescent with the full- toileted fair. Bret Harte , Argonauts (Mr. John Oakhurst), p. 120.