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

2. (v. i.) 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.

3. (v. t.) To weary; to overlabor.

4. (v. t.) To labor; to work; -- often with out.

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