forwork

Verb

forwork (third-person singular simple present forworks, present participle forworking, simple past and past participle forworked or forwrought)

1. (archaic, transitive) To forfeit (a possession, privilege, etc.); ruin (oneself) by one's own conduct.

   Synonyms:

   shoot oneself in the foot

2. (archaic, transitive) To obstruct; barricade; block.
   • And Æthelwold sat within the ham, with the men that to him had bowed, and he had forwrought [obstructed] all the gates in, and said that he would either there live or there lie.1881, Grant Allen, Early Britain

   Synonyms:

   forslow, barricade, block, choke, clog, close off, cumber, foul, gunk up, hamper

3. (archaic, transitive) To do wrong to; injure; scathe.

   Synonyms:

   harm, wound, abuse, annoy, bewound, damage, damnify, dere, do damage to, do for

4. (archaic, transitive) To overwork; exhaust with toil.
   • And toiling so, well-nigh forwrought, She prayed full fervently; […]1889, St. John's College (University of Cambridge), The Eagle

   Synonyms:

   burn out, overburden, overlabour, overply, overtax, run someone ragged