travail, travel (n.) Old form(s): Trauaile, trauayle , trauayles
labour, pain of childbirth
H8 V.i.71[Suffolk to King Henry, of Queen Anne's labour] With gentle travail, to the gladding of / Your highness with an heir
Per Chorus.III.52[Gower alone, of Thaisa] The lady ... / Does fall in travail
Per III.i.14[Pericles alone] make swift the pangs / Of my queen's travails!
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