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noun a pointed instrument for piercing small holes in leather, wood, etc.
Origin of awl before 900; Middle English al, eal, aul, Old English al, eal, æl; cognate with Old Norse alr; akin to Middle English ēl, Old English ǣl, Old High German āla (German Ahle ), Sanskrit ā́rā
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH awl 1. ale, ail, awl 2. all, awl Words nearby awl a while back, awhirl, whole new ballgame, a, awkward, awkward age, awl , awless, awl-shaped, awl snail, awlwort, awmous
Definition for awl (2 of 2) Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
Example sentences from the Web for awl Then his master must take him to the door and publicly pierce his ear with an awl .
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This second view was given representative voice by Choire Sicha at The Awl .
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He regularly contributes essays to The Awl , and is a graduate of both NYU and Columbia University.
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Daniel D'Addario is a writer who's contributed to Newsweek, The Awl , Urlesque, and Capital.
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At the age of twenty-three, he dropped his awl and hammer, and emerged into the world.
Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland | Henry B. Stanton
Padna admired the skilful manner in which he made the holes with his awl and drew the wax-end with rapid strokes.
The last act of ownership performed by the master was the piercing of the right ear with an awl .
Landholding In England | Joseph Fisher
We should awl aim at perfeckshun, but no one but a phool will expekt tew reach it.
The Complete Works of Josh Billings | Henry W. Shaw
I got no mouth spaich out of him at awl , but I screeched and screeched an' prayed until I convarted myself!
A Book of the West. Volume I Devon | S. Baring-Gould
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British Dictionary definitions for awl noun a pointed hand tool with a fluted blade used for piercing wood, leather, etc See also bradawl
Word Origin for awl Old English ǣl; related to Old Norse alr, Old High German āla, Dutch aal, Sanskrit ārā
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