enwallinwallv.
/ɛnˈwɔːl//ɪnˈwɔːl/ transitive.
a. To enclose within a wall; also transferred and figurative.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > enclose with a wall
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1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell (Dyce) 569 A felde..Enwallyd aboute with the stony flint.
a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 90 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) They would bee able with little to in-wall themselves strongly.
1601 S. Daniel Epist. in Wks. (1717) 356 In-wall'd within a living Tomb.
1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 42 His Court with glitterant pearle was all enwall'd.
1627 J. Speed Eng. Abridged xxxiv. §8 The close [was] inwalled by Bishop Langton.
1864 W. Stephens Blackfriars I. 32 The extent of ground thus enwalled.
1879 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 43 London was inwalled in the year 306 a.d.
b. To serve as a wall to.
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c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxviii. 42 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 107 Heaped waves an uncouth way enwall.
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enˈwalling adj.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [adjective] > with a wall
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1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. iii. xxxi And strong Pantheotheus inwalling might.
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