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bradawl

[ brad-awl ]

noun

Carpentry.
  1. an awl for making small holes in wood for brads.


bradawl

/ ˈ²ú°ùæ»åˌɔ˱ô /

noun

  1. an awl used to pierce wood, leather, or other materials for the insertion of brads, screws, etc
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Origin of bradawl1

First recorded in 1815–25; brad + awl
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The simplest form of wood-piercing tool is the awl or bradawl, shown in Figs.

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Then he began to sing, in a shrill voice, that worked its way, as a bradawl through wood, past all the noise of the elements.

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It twisted itself half round, then reverted to its former position, and again twisted itself, moving like a bradawl, not like a gimlet, which latter forms a complete revolution.

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The animal can then usually be removed with a bradawl, or, better still, a sail needle stuck into a cork.

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Dolly was holding his tools, by permission—only not chisels or gouges, or gimlets, or bradawls, or anything with an edge to it—and the sunflower outside was watching them.

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