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awl
1[ awl ]
noun
- a pointed instrument for piercing small holes in leather, wood, etc.
A.W.L.
2abbreviation for
- absent with leave.
awl
/ ɔ˱ô /
noun
- a pointed hand tool with a fluted blade used for piercing wood, leather, etc See also bradawl
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of awl1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of awl1
Example Sentences
She also had silver earplugs threaded through with silver hoops, an awl covered in silver—and a companion: a middle-age man laid to rest in the same jar with a fraction of her wealth.
"Wagner is not a piece of slippery soap which the bureaucrats have got used to shoving all over the place; Wagner is an awl, a stiletto that you cannot hide," Prigozhin said.
With a screwdriver or an awl, poke into the wood; if it goes in more than â…› inch, rot has probably begun.
And maybe — maybe — she doesn’t get the awl.
Smith’s attorney states that newly available touch DNA technology allowed the previously impossible analysis of evidence left on an awl — a leatherworking tool similar to an icepick — that was found at the crime scene.
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