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Look up: awl

  1. awl
    [n] - a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. awl
    Small pricking tool.
    Found on http://www.papiermache.co.uk/glossary/

  3. Awl
    NATO designation for Mikoyan K-9 air-to-air missile [SU;RU]
    Found on http://www.jedsite.info/index.html

  4. awl
    automatic landing able to be made under any weather conditions at day and night Category: Transport
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Awl
    Awl (al) noun [ Middle English aul , awel , al , Anglo-Saxon ǣl , awel ; akin to Icelandic alr , Old High German āla , German ahle , Lithuanian yla , Sanskrit ār...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/154

  6. awl
    A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc. ... Origin: OE. Aul, awel, al, AS. L, awel; akin to Icel. A...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. awl
    noun a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. Awl
    • (n.) A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler`s awl, shoemaker`s awl, etc.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. Awl
    municipality in the state and emirate of Bahrain, on central Bahrain island, in the Persian Gulf. Founded in the 1930s by the Bahrain Petroleum ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/131

  10. awl
    (from the article `hand tool`) A varied terminology is related to making holes with revolving tools. A hole may be drilled or bored; awls, gimlets, and augers also produce holes. ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/131

  11. awl
    awl (AWL) A tool for making holes in wood, leather, etc.: 'The shoe repairman used an awl to make a new shoe-lace hole.' Confusing Words: Units, Groups A to Z.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  12. awl
    awl: see drill.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09105

  13. Awl
    An awl is a small, pointed tool used for piercing holes in leather, wood and other materials. Awls are particularly associated with shoemakers.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow



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