awl
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(ôl) 
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A pointed tool for making holes, as in wood or leather.
n.
A pointed tool for making holes, as in wood or leather.
[Middle English aul, probably blend of Old English æl and Old English awel, fleshhook.]
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awl
A pointed tool used for piercing holes in thin wood, hardboard, etc.
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A hand-held bone, flint, or metal piercing tool with a strong sharp point used for making holes in such materials as leather, wood, or cloth.
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IN BRIEF: A pointed tool used to make holes.
An awl was used to make holes in the leather belt.
Tutor's tip: It's a good idea to mark "all" (whole amount) places to make holes before using an "awl" (pointed tool) to do so. An "owl" is a large bird that is active at night.
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- Edged, Pointed, Carving, and Turning Tools - awl: small, pointed instrument for marking and piercing holes, esp. in leather
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An awl is a long pointed spike. It may be a:
- Bradawl, a tool for making holes in wood
- Scratch awl, a tool used for marking wood.
- Stitching awl, a tool for piercing holes in leather
Awl or AWL may also refer to:
- AA-4 'Awl', the NATO reporting name for the Raduga K-9 air-to-air missile
- Absence Without Leave
- Academic word list
- Aircraft Warning Light
- Alliance for Workers' Liberty, a Trotskyist group in Britain
- Arizona Winter League
- Awl butterflies, the genus Hasora and some other members of the skipper butterfly subfamily Coeliadinae
- Awl-flies, the true fly family Xylophagidae
- The Awl, a current events and culture website
- Anweisungsliste (a.k.a. Statement List), instruction list programming language for Siemens SIMATIC S7
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Awl
Français (French)
n. - poinçon, alêne
Deutsch (German)
n. - Pfriem, Ahle
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μηχαν.) σουβλί, βελόνι
Português (Portuguese)
n. - furador (m)
Español (Spanish)
n. - punzón, lesna
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
锥子, 尖钻
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 錐子, 尖鑽
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) مخرز, مثقاب
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