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Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To boil away.