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Travail \Trav"ail\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Travailed}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Travailing}.] [F. travailler, OF. traveillier,
   travaillier, to labor, toil, torment; cf. Pr. trebalhar to
   torment, agitate. See {Travail}, n.]
   1. To labor with pain; to toil. [Archaic] ``Slothful persons
      which will not travail for their livings.'' --Latimer.

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