Definition of Forel

1. n. A kind of parchment for book covers. See Forrill.

2. v. t. To bind with a forel.

Definition of Forel

1. a parchment used to cover books [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forel

forejudgments
foreken
forekidney
foreking
forekings
foreknew
foreknow
foreknowable
foreknower
foreknowing
foreknowingly
foreknowledge
foreknowledges
foreknown
foreknows
forel (current term)
foreladies
forelady
forelaid
forelain
foreland
forelands
forelay
forelays
forelead
foreleader
foreleaders
foreleg
forelegs
forelend

Literary usage of Forel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"The pupae are enclosed in cocoons which are dark brown and singularly short and broad and obtuse at the ends. This extraordinary ant, which both forel and ..."

2. Earthquakes: An Introduction to Seismic Geology by William Herbert Hobbs (1907)
"(IV of Rossi-forel Scale.) VI. Strong shaking which sets light and loose objects ... (V and VI of Rossi-forel Scale.) VII. Quite strong shaking and definite ..."

3. Psyche by Cambridge Entomological Club (1893)
"Dr. forel discovered them by marking the spot where he saw and heard them chirping lustily in the dusk, and the next morning detected the heaps, ..."

4. Earthquakes in the Light of the New Seismology by Clarence Edward Dutton (1904)
"... Only Ones Possible—The Rossi-forel Scale — The Mercalli Scale — The Utility of these Scales — Checks upon Gross Errors of ..."

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