English Explanatory Dictionary

forwall

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To boil away.

Word forms

forwall forwalls forwalling forwalled

Etymology

From Middle English forwallen, from Old English forweallan (“to boil away”), equivalent to for- (“away, off”) + wall (“to boil”). Related to well.

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