inwall
inwall noun: the refractory lining of the stack of a blast furnace; or the interior walls or lining of a shaft furnace.
Noun
inwall (plural inwalls)
- The refractory lining of the stack of a blast furnace; or the interior walls or lining of a shaft furnace.
Verb
inwall (third-person singular simple present inwalls, present participle inwalling, simple past and past participle inwalled)
- To shut in or enclose with walls.
- in short space would be so augmented , as they would be able with little to inwall themselves strongly1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […]...
- O change my state, unthrall my soule enthralled: / Of my escape then will I tell the story, / And with a crown enwalled / Of godly men, will glory in thy glory.a. 1599 (date written), Mary Sidney, “Psalm CXLII. Voce mea ad Dominum.”, in The Psalmes of David […], London: From the Chiswick Press by C[harles] Whittingham, for Robert Triphook, […], published...
Forms of inwall
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | inwalls |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | inwalls |
| present participle | inwalling |
| past participle | inwalled |
| past | inwalled |
| alternative form | enwall |
Origin of inwall
From in- + wall.
Questions about inwall
- What does inwall mean?
- Inwall means the refractory lining of the stack of a blast furnace; or the interior walls or lining of a shaft furnace.
- What part of speech is inwall?
- Inwall can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of inwall?
- The plural of inwall is inwalls.
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