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Forel

Forel \For"el\, n. [OE. forelcase, sheath, OF. forel, fourel, F. fourreau, LL. forellus, fr. OF. forre, fuerre, sheath, case, of German origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, akin to Goth. f[=o]dr; prob. not the same word as E. fodder food. Cf. Fur, Fodder food.] A kind of parchment for book covers. See Forrill.

Forel

Forel \For"el\, v. t. To bind with a forel. [R.]
--Fuller.

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forel

n. A kind of parchment for book covers; a forrill. vb. To bind with a forel.

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Forel

Forel may refer to:

  • Auguste-Henri Forel (1848–1931), Swiss myrmecologist
  • François-Alphonse Forel (1841–1912), Swiss hydrologist
  • Several communes in Switzerland:
    • Forel, Fribourg
    • Forel, Vaud
    • Forel-sur-Lucens, Vaud
  • The Forelle, a pear cultivar
Forel (Vaud)
  1. redirect Forel, Vaud

Usage examples of "forel".

Yet Forel ranged, hoping on a level more fundamental than that of reason.

As Forel felt himself wrenched to somewhere distant, he was already gaining confidence.

Evidently Barel had had more practice in the form, though Forel had never seen him assume it before, and in deed, had not known that he knew any forms beyond man, ‘corn, bat and wolf.

Sure enough, there were rabbits, and before long Forel had caught and killed one.

He had to get to the globe, to talk with Forel, but the dragon intended to eat him instead.

When she was in place, Forel in wolf form leaped into the gully at its origin and raced straight along its deepening center.

As Sirel reached the brush, she saw them closing in on Forel who, retaining manform, was methodically putting arrows through them.

So it was that Forel sacrificed himself to spring her free, and she had no choice but to accept.

Nine years Syrio Forel was first sword to the Sealord of Braavos, he knows these things.

She tried for four hours, until every muscle in her body was sore and aching, while Syrio Forel clicked his teeth together and told her what to do.

The man Syrio Forel had come with an excellent reputation, and his flamboyant Braavosi style was well suited to Arya's slender blade, yet still .

Other men were stronger, faster, younger, why was Syrio Forel the best?

Syrio Forel stepped between them, tapping his wooden sword lightly against his boot.

Syrio Forel clicked his teeth together, sliding into his water dancer's stance, presenting only his side to the foe.

Syrio Forel would never have let them knock him down and take his sword away, nor stood by when they killed Lommy Greenhands.