Definition of Inwall

1. v. t. To inclose or fortify as with a wall.

2. n. An inner wall; specifically (Metal.), the inner wall, or lining, of a blast furnace.

Definition of Inwall

1. Noun. The refractory lining of the stack of a blast furnace; or the interior walls or lining of a shaft furnace. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To shut in or enclose with walls. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inwall

1. to surround with a wall [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Inwall

1. An inner wall; specifically, the inner wall, or lining, of a blast furnace. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inwall

involved with(p)
involvedly
involvedness
involvement
involvements
involver
involvers
involves
involving
invulgar
invulnerability
invulnerable
invulnerableness
invulnerably
inwale
inwall (current term)
inwalled
inwalling
inwalls
inwander
inward
inward-developing
inward-moving
inwardness
inwardnesses
inwards
inwash
inwashes
inweave

Literary usage of Inwall

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

1. Producer Gas Fired Furnaces: Detailed Descriptions and Illustrations of by Oskar Nagel (1909)
"inwall Brick.—The lining in the inwall is not protected much above the bosh ... The wearing away of linings is most pronounced in the inwall above the bosh. ..."

2. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"So, in the latest type of furnace the lower inwall will rise vertically for several feet, the boshes will be steep, and the upper inwall will drop ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1920)
"In regard to wear of top or inwall quality firebrick in the furnace itself immediately beneath the stock-line wearing plates, there would seem to be room ..."

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