˜yÐÄvlog

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awl

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[ awl ]

noun

  1. a pointed instrument for piercing small holes in leather, wood, etc.


A.W.L.

2
or a.w.l.

abbreviation for

  1. absent with leave.

awl

/ ɔ˱ô /

noun

  1. a pointed hand tool with a fluted blade used for piercing wood, leather, etc See also bradawl
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of awl1

before 900; Middle English al, eal, aul, Old English al, eal, æl; cognate with Old Norse alr; akin to Middle English ŧ±ô, Old English Ç£±ô, Old High German Äå±ô²¹ ( German Ahle ), Sanskrit ÄåÌ°ùÄå
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of awl1

Old English Ç£±ô; related to Old Norse alr, Old High German Äå±ô²¹, Dutch aal, Sanskrit Äå°ùÄå
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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.

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"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.

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With a screwdriver or an awl, poke into the wood; if it goes in more than â…› inch, rot has probably begun.

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And maybe — maybe — she doesn’t get the awl.

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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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