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What does travail mean?

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Noun
  1. (archaic) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship. [from 13th c.]
  2. Specifically, the labor of childbirth. [from 13th c.]
  3. (obsolete, countable) An act of working; labor (US), labour (British). [14th-18th c.]
  4. (obsolete) The eclipse of a celestial object. [17th c.]
  5. Obsolete form of travel.
  6. Alternative form of travois (“a kind of sled”)
Verb
  1. To toil.
  2. To go through the labor of childbirth.
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