01 n. Labor; toilsome effort; care or trouble taken; -- plural in form, but used with a singular or plural verb, commonly the former.
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Labor; toilsome effort; care or trouble taken; -- plural in form, but used with a singular or plural verb, commonly the former.“And all my pains is sorted to no proof.” — Shak.“The pains they had taken was very great.” — Clarendon.“The labored earth your pains have sowed and tilled.” — Dryden.