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Webster 1913 Edition

Forel

For′el

,
Noun.
[OE.
forel
case, sheath, OF.
forel
,
fourel
, F.
fourreau
, LL.
forellus
, fr. OF.
forre
,
fuerre
, sheath, case, of German origin; cf. OHG.
fuotar
, akin to Goth.
fōdr
; prob. not the same word as E.
fodder
food. Cf.
Fur
,
Fodder
food.]
A kind of parchment for book covers. See
Forrill
.

For′el

,
Verb.
T.
To bind with a forel.
[R.]
Fuller.

Webster 1828 Edition

Forel

FOR'EL

,
Noun.
A kind of parchment for the cover of books.

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