"forwall" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: forwalls [present, singular, third-person], forwalling [participle, present], forwalled [participle, past], forwalled [past]
Etymology: From Middle English forwallen, from Old English forweallan (“to boil away”), equivalent to for- (“away, off”) + wall (“to boil”). Related to well. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forwallen}} Middle English forwallen, {{inh|en|ang|forweallan||to boil away}} Old English forweallan (“to boil away”), {{prefix|en|for|wall|t1=away, off|t2=to boil}} for- (“away, off”) + wall (“to boil”), {{l|en|well}} well Head templates: {{en-verb}} forwall (third-person singular simple present forwalls, present participle forwalling, simple past and past participle forwalled)
  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To boil away. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-forwall-en-verb-aWfkXJRC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with for-

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