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inwall

American  
[in-wawl, in-wawl] / ɪnˈwɔl, ˈɪnˌwɔl /

verb (used with object)

  1. to enclose with a wall.

noun

  1. an inner wall.

  2. Metallurgy.  an inwardly sloping wall above the bosh of a blast furnace.

Etymology

Origin of inwall

First recorded in 1605–15; in- 1 + wall

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Enwall, en-wawl′, Inwall, in-, v.t. to enclose within a wall.

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