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Eke :: Eke (v. t.) To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other..

Arduously :: Arduously (adv.) In an arduous manner; with difficulty or laboriousness.

Encumbrance :: Encumbrance (n.) That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance..

Laborious :: Laborious (a.) Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome..

Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich..

Lucubrate :: Lucubrate (v. t.) To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor..

Tuggingly :: Tuggingly (adv.) In a tugging manner; with laborious pulling.

Exertion :: Exertion (n.) The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort; as, an exertion of strength or power; an exertion of the limbs or of the mind; it is an exertion for him to move, to-day..

Bore :: Bore (v. t.) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as, to bore one's way through a crowd; to force a narrow and difficult passage through..

Toilful :: Toilful (a.) Producing or involving much toil; laborious; toilsome; as, toilful care..

Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together..

Travailous :: Travailous (a.) Causing travail; laborious.

Arduous :: Arduous (a.) Attended with great labor, like the ascending of acclivities; difficult; laborious; as, an arduous employment, task, or enterprise..

Fagging :: Fagging (n.) Laborious drudgery; esp., the acting as a drudge for another at an English school..

Lucubratory :: Lucubratory (a.) Composed by candlelight, or by night; of or pertaining to night studies; laborious or painstaking..

Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town..

Operosity :: Operosity (n.) Laboriousness.

Toilsome :: Toilsome (a.) Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious; wearisome; as, toilsome work..

Plod :: Plod (v. i.) To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently..

Gasp :: Gasp (v. i.) To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently..

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