forwall

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verb

To boil away.

OriginMiddle English forwallen ← Old English forweallan →
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Meanings

verbforwall (third-person singular simple present forwalls, present participle forwalling, simple past and past participle forwalled)

present singular third person forwalls · participle present forwalling · participle past forwalled · past forwalled

  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo boil away.

Origin

  1. Old Englishforweallan“to boil away”
  2. Middle Englishforwallen
  3. Englishforwall

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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APA

forwall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forwall

MLA

“forwall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forwall. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forwall,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forwall.

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