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Webster 1913 Edition

Droil

Droil

(droil)
,
Verb.
I.
[D.
druilen
to mope.]
To work sluggishly or slowly; to plod.
[Obs.]

Droil

,
Noun.
[D.
druil
sluggard. Cf.
Droll
.]
1.
A drudge.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
2.
Mean labor; toil.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Droil

DROIL

,
Verb.
I.
To work sluggishly or slowly; to plod. [Not much used.]

DROIL

,
Noun.
A mope; a drone; a sluggard; a drudge. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

droil

droil

English

Noun

droil ‎(countable and uncountable, plural droils)

  1. (obsolete) A drudge.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Fletcher to this entry?)
  2. (obsolete) Mean labour; toil.

Verb

droil ‎(third-person singular simple present droils, present participle droiling, simple past and past participle droiled)

  1. To work sluggishly or slowly; to plod.

Etymology

From Dutch druil ‎(“sluggard”). Compare droll.

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