forworth

/F AO1 R W ER1 TH/
verb
  1. 1

    (intransitive, rare, Scotland, Northern England, obsolete) To perish, forfare; come to nought or ruin; go wrong.

  2. 2

    (intransitive, rare, Scotland, Northern England, obsolete) To degenerate (into); become (something inferior); come to.