English English Dictionary

A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural.

To exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind, especially of the body, with efforts of some continuance or duration; to labor; to work.

To weary; to overlabor.

To labor; to work; -- often with out.

Labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or mind, esp. the body.