Travail

(42), v. i. [imp. & p. p. TRAVAILED; p. pr. & vb. n. TRAVAILING.] [Fr. travailler, O. Fr. travailler, to labor, to toil, to torment, to distract; Pr. trebellhar, to torment, agitate; Pg. trabalhar, Sp. trabajar, It. travagliare, from Pr. & Pg. travar, Sp. trabar, to stop, check, from Lat. trabs, a beam.]

1Sense 1. To labor with pain; to toil. “Slothful persons who will not travail for their livings.” Latimer.

2Sense 2. To suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in parturition.

v. t. To harass; to tire. [Obs.]

As if all these troubles had not been sufficient to travail the realm, a great division fell among the nobility. Hayward.

n. [Fr. travail, Pr. traballe, trebelh, Sp. trabajo, Pg. trabalho, It. travaglio. See supra.] 1. Labor with pain; severe toil. As every thing of price, so doth this require travail. Hooker. 2. Parturition; as, a severe travail; an easy travail.